Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has indefinitely retained any documents related to (a) the Falklands War and (b) the attack on RFA Sir Galahad which are deemed to be of a nature that would be prejudicial to national security, defence or international relations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

All records are reviewed as part of the Public Records Act (PRA) and may be retained for a variety of reasons.

I can confirm that records relating to the Falklands conflict have been retained under Section 26 (National Defence) and Section 27 (international relations).

The records concerning RFA Sir Galahad have been reviewed under both the PRA and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and retained under Sections 40 (Personal Information) and 41 (Information Provided in Confidence) until the year 2065.