Written question asked by Steven Paterson (Scottish National Party) on Wednesday, 9 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 March 2016. It was answered by Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 March 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions his Department has not provided substantive answers to written parliamentary questions on the grounds of national security since the start of the 2015-16 Session; and what proportion of such questions tabled to his Department that number represents.
- Answer
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Since the start of the 2015-16 session of Parliament to 9 March 2016, 17 written parliamentary questions (PQs) tabled to the Ministry of Defence (MOD) were not answered on the grounds of national security. This figure represents 0.7% of the total number of 2,273 PQs answered by the MOD during that period.
In seven further PQs, only part of the answer was withheld on national security grounds.
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- Written question
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- 30549
- Session
- 2015-16
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- National security Ministry of Defence Written questions
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