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<p>In February 2015, Cabinet Office published new guidance on non-disclosure agreements.
This guidance requires a minister to approve the use of a non-disclosure agreement,
and for government departments to hold a record of using such agreements.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>DWP has not entered into any non-disclosure agreements in the four
years since February 2015 and our policy is not to use these agreements.</p><p> </p><p>Prior
to February 2015, DWP did not centrally hold a record of the use of non-disclosure
agreements and the information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p>
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