HC Deb 25 March 1998 vol 309 cc138-9W
Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the scenario of a nuclear weapon accident exercise entitled Pantograph which took place in 1988; on what dates and where the exercise took place; and if he will place a copy of the results of this exercise in the Library. [35367]

Dr. Reid

Exercise PANTOGRAPH took place at RAF Hullavington in May 1988. The exercise tested the procedures in place for responding to the crash of a transport aircraft carrying nuclear weapons. A classified report on the exercise does exist, but for the reasons given by my hon. Friend in answer to the hon. Member on 31 July 1997,Official Report, column 470, and under Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information, I am not prepared to release the report.