Afghanistan: Home Country Nationals
Commons · Question 85473 · Tabled 27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date (a) Ministers in his Department were informed of the data breach affecting Afghan nationals who worked with UK forces and (b) that breach was escalated to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 4 Nov 2025
Officials were alerted to the data incident on 14 August 2023, and it was reported the next day to Ministry of Defence (MOD) Head Office and Ministers in the previous Government. Immediate action was taken to ensure that the compromised dataset, which had...