Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 43816

AWE: Databases

Tabled: 3 April 2025

Answered: 9 April 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason the criteria used by the Atomic Weapons Establishment to decide which documents are published from the Merlin database has changed.

Answer

Maria Eagle

The criteria to enable release of records held in the Merlin database has not changed. It remains this Government’s intention to release the records with the Atomic Weapons Establishment reviewing them in line with national security obligations, and the 2...

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