§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Prime Minister if he will provide a breakdown by Department of(a) current leak investigations and (b) leak investigations since 1 May 1997. [103201]
§ The Prime Minister[holding answer 20 December]: Sixty leak investigations have been notified to the Cabinet Office by Departments since 1 May 1997. This compares with 70 in the last two full years of the last Administration.
A breakdown by Department of leak investigations notified to the Cabinet Office since 1 May 1997 is given in the table:
Department Number of leak investigations Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 2 Cabinet Office 4 Directorate of Civil Nuclear Security 2 Crown Prosecution Service 3 HM Customs and Excise 3 Ministry of Defence 5 Department for Education and Employment 1 Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 4 Office of Fair Trading 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 Department of Health 7 Home Office 9 Lord Chancellor's Department 2 Northern Ireland Office 7 Scottish Office 1 Department of Social Security 5 Department of Trade and Industry 3