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1685248

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	AWE: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have the necessary security clearance to access the (i) Merlin database and (ii) documentation stored on the Merlin database pertaining to the nuclear test programme and its veterans.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	11618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>As set out in the answer I gave on 23 January to Question 10374 from the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey), seven officials at the Atomic Weapons Establishment have appropriate clearance and are authorised to access the Merlin database.</p><p> </p><p>All Ministers hold clearances appropriate to their roles and responsibilities. As the Minister responsible in the Ministry of Defence for veteran's affairs I retain the relevant clearances to view the information retained on Merlin.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 05/02/2024 14:42:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name UIN 10374.docx title AWE: Databases
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1670064

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether classified documents retained by his department under a Lord Chancellor’s Instruction citing a national security exemption are among the files available to be searched when his Department receives a Data Subject Access Request which may include personal data held within it.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	1902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>All classified documents that have been retained by the Ministry of Defence under the national security exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Data Protection Act 2018 are available to be searched on receipt of Data Subject Access Requests, Freedom of Information Requests and questions to the Secretary of State or other Ministers in the Department.</p><p> </p><p>If, after location and review of the classified documents, it is deemed that release of any/all of the information would still prejudice national security, then it may continue to be withheld by law.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 1903 1904 question first answered 22/11/2023 13:23:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1670065

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether classified documents retained by his Department under a Lord Chancellor’s Instruction citing a national security exemption are among the files available to be searched when his Department receives a Freedom of Information request which may include personal data held within it.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	1903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>All classified documents that have been retained by the Ministry of Defence under the national security exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Data Protection Act 2018 are available to be searched on receipt of Data Subject Access Requests, Freedom of Information Requests and questions to the Secretary of State or other Ministers in the Department.</p><p> </p><p>If, after location and review of the classified documents, it is deemed that release of any/all of the information would still prejudice national security, then it may continue to be withheld by law.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 1902 1904 question first answered 22/11/2023 13:23:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1670066

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether classified documents retained by his Department under a Lord Chancellor’s Instruction citing a national security exemption are among the files available to be searched when his Department receives a question to the Secretary of State or other Minister in the Department.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	1904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2023 answer text <p>All classified documents that have been retained by the Ministry of Defence under the national security exemptions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Data Protection Act 2018 are available to be searched on receipt of Data Subject Access Requests, Freedom of Information Requests and questions to the Secretary of State or other Ministers in the Department.</p><p> </p><p>If, after location and review of the classified documents, it is deemed that release of any/all of the information would still prejudice national security, then it may continue to be withheld by law.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 1902 1903 question first answered 22/11/2023 13:23:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1603337

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will bring forward proposals to allow veterans to apply for access to their biological monitoring tests conducted during their service.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	904037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>Veterans or members of their family are already entitled to request information that may be held by the Ministry of Defence, including medical test results, through Subject Access Requests. Information is provided on request to individuals, or representatives acting on their behalf, under General Data Protection Regulation, Chapter 3, Article 15 – Right of access.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 13/03/2023 16:14:01 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1524302

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Veterans: Radiation Exposure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals has discussed the updated application for medallic recognition for British Nuclear Test Veterans in between August and October 2022; when a decision on that matter will be published.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	67065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>There is a well-established process in place for the approval of historic military medals claims. These are considered by the independent Advisory-Military Sub-Committee, which then provides advice to the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals (HD Committee). All recommendations regarding the awarding of official medals must go through proper due process and will be announced in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 24/10/2022 16:53:17 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1421348

registered interest
date	09/02/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the report to Prime Minister Churchill’s Cabinet, and minutes thereof, on the result of the British atomic test at Monte Bello in 1952, as referenced in the Official Report, 4 February 1983, vol 36 c209W, has been released under the 30-year rule.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	121797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The British atomic test at Monte Bello in 1952 was the first test of a British atomic device and consequently there are many records on this subject. Some have been released to The National Archives, but many contain sensitive technical information about the United Kingdom's nuclear weapons programme and are retained. It has not been possible to determine which record may contain the report and minutes in question, due to the limited details on them and the time that has elapsed since the answer referenced in Official Report, 4 February 1983.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 28/02/2022 11:41:14 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1357495

registered interest
date	22/09/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Nuclear Weapons: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 23 May 2019 to Question 256302, what records his Department holds on the civilian (a) women and (b) children who travelled to Christmas Island on troop ship HMT Dunera in 1958.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	53262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>A search of the Ministry of Defence Archive has been conducted and no records of HMT Dunera have been traced.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 18/10/2021 10:36:48 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey