Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the full report by First Class Partnerships on restoration of the Flying Scotsman conducted for the Science Museum Group and dated 27 February 2014.

The Final Report on the Independent Review of the proposed programme of works in the restoration of the Flying Scotsman Locomotive 4427 by First Class Partnerships Rail Consultants dated 27 February 2013 is published on the website of the National Railway Museum:http://www.nrm.org.uk/~/media/Files/NRM/PDF/NRM%20Flying%20Scotsman%20Final%20Report.pdf?keywords=first+class+partnerships.

The Report contained certain redactions relating to information which is regarded as being commercially sensitive in accordance with section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (‘FOIA’). Further redactions within the Report were made to protect the personal data of individuals in accordance with section 40 of FOIA and the Museum’s obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998.