Written question asked by Kevin McNamara (Labour) on Tuesday, 28 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 April 2000. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Monday, 10 April 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many injunctions are in force to prevent the publication of materials deemed potentially harmful to the national interest; if he will list the publishers against which injunctions are in force; and if he will list the titles, publications and authors so affected. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many injunctions are in force to prevent the publication of materials deemed potentially harmful to the national interest; if he will list the publishers against which injunctions are in force; and if he will list the titles, publications and authors so affected. [117260] Mr. Spellar: There are nine temporary injunctions currently in force which were applied for by the Ministry of Defence against authors or publishers in relation to the disclosure of material harmful to national security or in breach of confidentiality obligations owed to the MOD. I am withholding further information under exemptions 4 and 14 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 348 c19W; 117260
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Disclosure of information Injunctions National security Publications Publishing
Contains statistics: Yes
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