Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when his Department plans publish the full incident report into the recent bomb detonation in Exeter.

In his response to your letter of 5 March, the Secretary of State described how due to the procedurally sensitive and classified nature of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) incident reports, they are not routinely shared beyond operational partners. Publishing our render safe tactics, techniques and procedures is information that should not be made publicly available and accessible to those who might use it to mitigate our capability.