Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many data incidents his Department (a) recorded and (b) reported to the Information Commissioner's Office in (i) 2015-16 and (ii) 2016-17.
2,519 data incidents were recorded by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for the period 01 April 2015 - 31 March 2016. One was reported to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
4,034 data incidents were recorded by the MOD for the period 01 April 2016 - 31 March 2017. Three were reported to the ICO.