Written question asked by Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 27 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 29 June 2007. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Monday, 9 July 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Princess Royal Barracks

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department has taken to discuss the implementation of the recommendations from the Deepcut Review with Sir Nicholas Blake QC, in the period since its publication in March 2006; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Subsequent to the publication of the Deepcut Review in March 2006, MOD officials and my predecessor, Adam Ingram, engaged with Sir Nicholas Blake QC on the Government’s response to the Review. They also subsequently corresponded on the Government’s update to Parliament in a written ministerial statement on 28 March 2007, Official Report, columns 91-5WS, which set out the progress made on implementing the recommendations made in the Review.

Secondary information