§ Mr. McMasterTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what instructions or advice his Department has given to the National Radiological Protection Board regarding the storage and safekeeping of records, including computerised data, which arose from or related to its study into the effects of radiation on the veterans of British nuclear tests; what instructions he has issued to have parts of this information destroyed; and if he will make a statement. [39212]
§ Mr. SoamesNone. The NRPB is, however, proposing to cease to maintain its database on the incidence of death and cancer among veterans of the British nuclear test programme. The existing data will continue to be stored but may be retained in a paper-based or equivalent format.