HC Deb 15 December 1988 vol 143 c688W
Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if, pursuant to his answer of 7 December, the British Nuclear Fuel plc team carrying out the programme audit of the capital works programme at Aldermaston and Burghfield communicated with his Department's officials prior to the completion of their report in March 1986.

Mr. Sainsbury

Yes. The conduct of the audit required communication and consultation between the BNFL audit team and MOD officials during the audit period.

Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many programme audits of the capital works programme at Aldermaston and Burghfield have been carried out;

(2) how many programme audits of the capital works programme at Aldermaston and Burghfield have been carried out by British Nuclear Fuels plc.

Mr. Sainsbury

Three programme audits have been carried out on the AWE capital programme. These were carried out by British Nuclear Fuels plc, the controller, establishments research and nuclear, and John Brown (Engineers and Constructors) Ltd.