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<p>Government Departments continue to engage with a wide range of businesses to understand
their priorities and issues as we leave the European Union, both to inform our negotiating
position, and our preparations in the unlikely event of there being no deal. NDAs
are also a common component of contractual arrangements that are used to protect commercial
considerations of the parties involved or to protect sensitives around the development
of Government policy. It is entirely normal practice to use such agreements and they
are therefore sometimes necessary for Government departments that are responsible
for managing their preparations for leaving the EU.</p><p>For the Home Office, this
is a complex cross cutting issue which has the potential to affect several Home Office
business areas. Specific information relating to EU exit is not held centrally therefore
we cannot give a definitive answer. However, to date the Home office has signed over
a hundred NDA’s with ports to support EU exit preparations. Non-Disclosure Agreements
with our key border delivery partners are crucial in supporting open exchanges of
information and opinions about options and scenarios.</p>
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