Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 180811 on Falkland Islands: Armed Conflict, whether sections of the records held on RFA Sir Galahad which do not relate directly to sections 40 and 41 can be released before 2065.

All files which relate to the Board of Inquiry into the sinking of RFA Sir Galahad are already available to view at The National Archives (TNA) with the exception of those retained under Section 40 (Personal Information) and Section 41(information provided in confidence) of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Files held at TNA are listed in the supporting table. An extract is also held by MOD and is withheld under Sections 40 and 41 of the FOI Act.