HC Deb 06 March 1990 vol 168 c573W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by year since 1979 the names of officials in his Department employed on diplomatic duties who have been(a) suspended from duty or (b) dismissed from the service; what offence they committed; and of those listed, if he will show in his answer, those who were fully reinstated to diplomatic duties.

Mr. Sainsbury

As a general principle, Government Departments do not disclose to third parties personal information relating to their employees, without the consent of the employee concerned.