Departmental Security

Nick Harvey
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many valid civilian passes granting access to his Department's buildings have been issued to employees of private defence companies;

(2) to which private defence companies civilian passes been issued since 1 January 2008.

Mr. Kevan Jones
The requested information is not centrally held and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Nick Harvey
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what purposes civilian passes are issued to employees of private defence companies.

Mr. Kevan Jones
Passes are issued to employees of defence companies in order that they may undertake contract-based activity and/or attend meetings with MOD customers.