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AWE: Databases

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 9 April 2025UIN 43816

The question

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.

Answered by 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 2018 General Data Protection Regulations.

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