HC Deb 27 July 1967 vol 751 c265W
120. Mr. Powell

asked the Minister of Technology whether he is investigating the circumstances in which classified defence documents came to be discovered in Wolverhampton recently; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Benn

Yes. The documents were dated 1963 and are, except for one graded Confidential, all now graded Restricted, the lowest security grading.

They had become jammed, out of sight, in the back of an obsolete filing cabinet and entirely escaped notice when it was searched before disposal last May.

A revision of the present instructions designed to obviate a repetition of this occurrence is now being considered.