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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...