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Written question asked by Harry Cohen (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 April 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 May 2003. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 May 2003 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


Dept for International Development

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many documents are held by her Department that are subject to security classification, broken down by category of classification.
Answer

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many documents are held by her Department that are subject to security classification, broken down by category of classification. [107349] Clare Short: DFID holds many thousands of classified documents, and we do not hold figures broken down by category of classification. The information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. My Department follows the Cabinet Office guidance on document marking and control.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
404 c739W;404 c735W; 107349
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Department for International Development Documents Government departments Official secrets
Link
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