Security Companies

Mrs. Moon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) complaints and (b) reports of human rights abuses in relation to activities of private military and security companies have been received by his Department awarded contracts by his Department in each of the last five years.

Mr. Bob Ainsworth
No complaint or reports of human rights abuses have been received in connection to the activities of private security companies contracted by the MOD in the last five years.