HC Deb 17 April 1996 vol 275 cc543-4W
Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many files marked "Not for NAO Eyes" are currently held by his Department. [24849]

Sir Nicholas Bonsor

This department currently holds 16 files marked "Not for NAO Eyes". This includes one file held at an overseas post.

The marking "Not for NAO Eyes" is used in accordance with an agreement between the Treasury and the National Audit Office, under which documents relating to the handling of relations between Departments and the NAO are not automatically available to the NAO while they are current.

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