| Heading: |
AWE: Databases |
| Question ID: |
1792003 |
| UIN: |
43816 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
350 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir John Hayes
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sir John Hayes
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
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. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
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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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |