§ Mr. SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times employees of the Atomic Weapons Establishment have travelled to the United States under the auspices of(a) the 1958 mutual defence agreement and (b) the Trident sales agreement in each of the last five years. [30630]
§ Mr. FreemanThe following table gives the number of occasions on which one or more employees of the Atomic Weapons Establishment have travelled to the United States under the aegis of the 1958 mutual defence agreement in each of the last five financial years.
Financial years Visits 1990–91 110 1991–92 129 1992–93 127 1993–94 129 1994–95 136 These figures include visits on duties relating to the Trident sales agreement as these are invariably arranged through 1958 agreement channels.