Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list all instances since May 1979 when he has given permission for the export of civil plutonium under section 2(i) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965.
§ Mr. Michael Spicer[holding answer 6 May 1988]Since May 1979, permission for the export of civil plutonium under section 2(1) of the Nuclear Installations Act 1965 has been given on 19 occasions.
Information on individual exports is commercially sensitive. The countries of destination are included in the reply by my hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Mr. Goodlad) on 18 February 1987 at column 635 in reply to a question by the hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen).