Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what processes are in place to identify and manage conflicts of interest involving members of the board of AWE.

AWE operates within an assured framework of corporate governance arrangements to ensure that the company conducts its business ethically, transparently and in the public interest.

As part of these arrangements, all AWE Board members are vetted for potential professional conflicts of interest and are subject to the highest levels of security vetting. A register of interests is updated at each AWE Board meeting to ensure that no Board member facing a conflict of interest participates in related discussions or decision making.