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date	03/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to undertake an investigation into the number of leaks from his Department over the 2020 summer recess.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2020 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not tolerate leaks and anyone found to have made unauthorised disclosures will face disciplinary or legal action. Leaks are investigated by the relevant departments when they occur.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 11/09/2020 11:43:19 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

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registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether non-disclosure agreements agreed between his Department and prime defence contractors purport to prohibit industry experts from providing evidence to the House of Commons Defence Committee.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	84656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>It is Ministry of Defence (MOD) policy to use standard contract conditions to prevent the unauthorised disclosure of information for a variety of reasons, including protection of national security, commercial confidentiality and personal data.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD would only use Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in its commercial arrangements by exception. Any such NDAs, if agreed, would be prepared on a project by project basis: the MOD does not hold any central record of any such agreements.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, the MOD has no centrally held records of any contractual conditions or NDAs that would prevent an industry expert from attending a Parliamentary Committee. Where circumstances arose in which information is requested, the disclosure of which may be prohibited under contractual arrangements; for example, on grounds of national security or commercial sensitivities, this would have to be carefully considered on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 84975 question first answered 09/09/2020 16:08:18 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones