§ Mr. LivingstoneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Chemical and Biological Defence Establishment Technical Notes series of documents(a) started and (b) finished; how many documents were produced in this series; and how many of the documents are currently unclassified. [55328]
§ Mr. SpellarThis is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency. I have asked the Chief Executive to write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Ken Livingstone, dated 20 October 1998:
I have been asked to reply to your question about the series of Technical Notes produced by DERA's Chemical and Biological Defence sector (CBD).The series of internal reports known as the CBD Technical Notes started in 1969 and finished in 1997. The reports were numbered sequentially from 1 to 1629 although not all numbers were used. There are some 440 unclassified reports in the series, 6 of which are in the Public Record Office in the WO 189 class list.I hope this is helpful.