Written question asked by Lord Watson of Wyre Forest (Labour) on Wednesday, 4 September 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 September 2019 (named day). It was answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) on Monday, 9 September 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Nuclear Weapons: Testing
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if it is his Department's policy not to dispose of documents in relation to the UK nuclear weapons testing programme during the course of his Department's Information Management Programme.
- Answer
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The Ministry of Defence's information management policy is in accord with our obligations to the Public Records Act 1958 as set out in Joint Service Publication 441.
All records, including those relating to UK nuclear weapons tests, are retained for business, regulatory or legislative purposes. Once the need to retain has passed the record will be reviewed and transferred to The National Archives or another place of deposit, gifted to another organisation, or destroyed.
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- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Nuclear weapons Testing
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