HC Deb 25 November 1992 vol 214 c677W
Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Prime Minister how many public interest immunity certificates were signed by Ministers(a) from 1974 to 1979 and (b) since 1979.

The Prime Minister

[holding answer 24 November 1992]: Public interest immunity certificates were signed by Ministers periodically throughout the period in question, but no central record is held of the number involved.