HC Deb 29 November 1990 vol 181 c480W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the nature and purpose of the RAF special safety study course.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The RAF special safety study period enables participants to study the implications of a nuclear weapon accident and the procedure for responding to this extremely unlikely eventuality.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence personnel have attended the RAF special safety study course in each of the last five years.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Records are not held centrally but the following numbers of MDP personnel appear to have attended the RAF special safety study period i each of the last five years:

Number
1986 0
1987 5
1988 1
1989 0
1990 0