§ Lord Lester of Herne Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will release to the public the MI5 records relating to Nazi war crimes and the intelligence gleaned in the interrogation of Nazi war criminals, and in particular those records given to the Office of Strategic Services during and after the Second World War, and recently released into the public domain in the United States under the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act 1998. [HL2843]
§ Lord RookerThe Security Service is systematically reviewing and if appropriate releasing historical records to the Public Record Office in accordance with the criteria agreed with them and endorsed by the Advisory Council.
The Security Service has reviewed and released all archived files covering the First World War. In November 2001 the service released its fourth tranche of files on the period of the Second World War. The service is currently reviewing any remaining files from the Second World War and its inter-war records in preparation for further releases. It will then move on to the period after the Second World War. The timing of this depends on the resources that the service is able to devote to the process.