Subject	Predicate	Object
NRNKXJEA	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	JnXVRpQx
	answer has answering person	John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale
	answer text	<p>Lord Chancellor's Instruments (LCIs) are public records. Arrangements for their permanent preservation and public access are managed in line with public records and information rights legislation.</p><p>The schedules which accompany the named LCIs set out the reasons that specified Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) files have been retained by AWE. The grounds for retention of those AWE files covered by LCI 76 are national security, security against possible terrorist activity, international relations, and the UK’s international obligations. AWE records covered by LCI 118 were retained due to the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons or retained to allow a more detailed review of their access status.</p>
	answer given date	2023-12-06
	answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	written answer has answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has written answer	NRNKXJEA
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	answering body has answer	NRNKXJEA
JnXVRpQx	question has answer	NRNKXJEA
John Flasby Lawrence Whittingdale	answering person has answer	NRNKXJEA