HC Deb 11 July 1989 vol 156 cc501-2W
Mr. Rogers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to publish his assessment of the independent audit of the IUKADGE command and control system.

Mr. Sainsbury

No. Both the independent audit of the IUKADGE command and control system and the Ministry of Defence's subsequent assessment of its report will contain information that is both classified and commercially sensitive.

Mr. Rogers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date were all of the elements of the IUKADGE command and control system originally intended to be in service use, and when the system was first ordered.

Mr. Sainsbury

It is not our practice, nor has it been the practice of previous Governments, to release planned in-service dates of defence equipment.

Mr. Rogers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the differences between the operational capabilities of the IUKADGE command and control system that is currently on order and the system that it is due to replace.

Mr. Sainsbury

When the IUKADGE is fully functioning, the CCS will be the focus of the management of all air defence resources, including early warning and reaction systems. Information on its specific operational capabilities is, however, classified.