Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) non-disclosure and (b) other confidentiality agreements relating to (i) employment, (ii) bullying, (iii) misconduct and (iii) harassment cases have been agreed by their Department in each year since 1 January 2010; and how much money from the public purse has been spent on (A) legal costs and (B) financial settlements for such agreements in each year since 1 January 2010.

The Ministry of Defence does not routinely use non-disclosure agreements or other confidentiality agreements. Information regarding their use is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.