Official Secrets
International Development
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether any person employed by (a) his Department and (b) any private firms contracted by his Department is bound by any part of the Official Secrets Act.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
The Official Secrets Act 1989 applies to all British citizens, Ministers of the Crown, civil servants, and government contractors.
