Question follow-through · 5905
Ministry of Defence: Public Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions have documents relating to incidents, accidents, near misses and criminal activity have been closed to the public for 100 years, in each of the last ten years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 2 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions have documents relating to incidents, accidents, near misses and criminal activity have been closed to the public for 100 years, in each of the last ten years.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.The Ministry of Defence (MOD) records over the last ten years have been closed to the public for up to 100 years to protect personal information or where i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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