Surveillance and Security Services (Hansard, 16 July 2001)

HC Deb 16 July 2001 vol 372 cc20-1W 20W

§ Mr. Laws
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 5 July 2001,Official Report, column 311W, on surveillance and security services, if he will break down the figures provided to distinguish between expenditure on (a) GCHQ, (b) the Security Service and (c) the Secret Intelligence Service; if he 21W will make it his policy to publish the public service agreements relating to each agency; and if he will make a statement. [3662]

§ Mr. Andrew Smith
National security considerations preclude publication of this information, although all of it is available to the Intelligence and Security Committee.