Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 27 March 2018 and 3 April 2018 to Questions 133873 and 133719, whether any (a) Ministers, (b) officials, (c) special advisers and (d) others representing his Department have been in contact with (i) Cambridge Analytica, (ii) SCL Group and (iii) Strategic Communication Laboratories by (A) telephone, (B) email, (C) letter and (D) other form of communication on the statement on the Cambridge Analytica website that its methodology has been approved by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) publishes details of Ministers' meetings with external organisations on gov.uk at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings-with-external-organisations-in-the-ministry-of-defence

These records show that there have been no meetings between MOD Ministers and Cambridge Analytica, SCL Group or Strategic Communications Laboratories.