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Armed Forces: Disclosure of Information

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 24 March 2026UIN 121378

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March to Question 119960 on Armed Forces: Disclosure of Information, if he will list the technical issues affecting data quality.

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones

An unexpected failure of the data flows into Defence analytical systems meant that our usual data processing procedures could not be applied and we were therefore unable to derive the statistics or assure them to the usual standard.

This has been rectified and steps are being taken to prevent it from happening again. We have commenced production of the statistics, which are now scheduled for publication on 2 April 2026.

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