To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the internal departmental guidance on the dissemination of information; and if he will make a statement. [16314]

I am placing my Department's guidance notes on answering Parliamentary Questions, Parliamentary Inquiries and letters from members of the public, together with the Departmental instructions on the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information in the Library of the House. The guidance on the Code of Practice can also be found on my Department's Internet site at http://www/mod.uk/pol_docs/dci1997.htm.