Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 7 February 2018 to Question 126436 on Department for Exiting the European Union, what assessment he has made of compliance with his Department's policy of not sharing reports with individuals and organisations outside government before the news report of 29 January 2018.

Preliminary economic analysis conducted by the Government was shared with a news organisation without authorisation. We take all leaks of information very seriously but do not comment on specific investigations.