§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 17 November 1997,Official Report, column 66, how many technical papers and reports were produced by the Project Director Facilities Division between 1986 and 1991; and how many of them are currently unclassified. [24655]
§ Mr. SpellarThe purpose of the Project Director Facilities Division was to oversee the major programme of building and refurbishment projects then under way at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston. As such it did not produce technical papers. Details of reports and internal documents produced by the division are not held centrally and a census would require unreasonable diversion of resources. I am, therefore, withholding this information in accordance with exemption 9 of the Code of Practice for Open Government.