Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November to Question 111513, if he will make it his policy to allow personal information to be passed from a Senior medical Officer and a Regimental Medical Officer to civilian medical officers; and if he will make a statement.

The sharing of personal data by military and civilian clinicians is subject to the following regulations and standards:

• Access to Medical Reports Act 1988

• Human Rights Act 1998

• Access to Health Records Act 1990

• Computer Misuse Act 1990

• Data Protection Act 1998

• Health and Social Care (Safety and Quality) Act 2015

• Confidentiality: NHS Code of Practice

• Common Law Duty of Confidentiality

• The Caldicott Principles

• General Medical Council - Confidentiality: Good Practice in Handling Patient Information (2017).