HC Deb 05 February 2001 vol 362 c404W
Sir Nicholas Lyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many public interest immunity certificates(a) he, (b) Ministers of State, (c) junior Ministers and (d) civil servants in his Department have signed in each calendar year from 30 May 1997. [147731]

Mr. Wilson

Eight public interest immunity certificates have been signed by Foreign and Commonwealth Office Ministers since 30 May 1997, as shown in the table.

Secretary of State Ministers of State Junior Ministers Civil Servants
1997 0 0 1 0
1998 1 0 0 0
1999 2 1 0 0
2000 3 0 0 0
2001 0 0 0 0