§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what information published by, or received from Nirex his Department based the reply to question 8 contained in his departmental memorandum to the Defence Committee, HC-Paper 549, page 38.
§ Mr. AitkenThe reply to the question referred to was based on information contained in confidential management documents produced by Nirex. Some of this information is also contained in the publicly available Nirex report No. 327, dated 21 October 1992.
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§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many copies of his Department's brochure, "Trident: Thirty Years of the Polaris Sales Agreement" have been published; at what cost; and to whom it has been disbributed.
§ Mr. AitkenA total of 10,000 copies of the brochure "Trident: Thirty Years of the Polaris Sales Agreement" have been printed. Copies have been sent to, among others, the media, members of the public, local councillors and hon. Members. A number have been placed in the Library of the House. The overall cost of producing the brochure was some £26,000.