HC Deb 31 January 1977 vol 925 c71W
Mr. Hoyle

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the following reports of the Transport and Road Research laboratory: LN/907/RNK, IDNJW/JH BY579, SR 10, SR 14, SR 21, SR 31, SR 33, SR 35, SR 48, SR 88, SR 112, and SR 113; and, if he is not prepared to publish any of these reports, why he will not do so.

Mr. Horam

The TRRL reports listed in the Question have been available for official use only. In some cases this was because they included information which it was considered should remain confidential, applying the criteria generally used in the Government service. Other reports were of a preliminary character, and some have been superseded by later research, the results of which have been or will be published. The policy of the Department of Transport is to publish the results of its research whenever possible, and the TRRL continually reviews the unpublished material it holds with this in mind.