To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many data incidents his Department has recorded in each year since 2019.
Answered on
7 March 2024
The Ministry of Defence recorded the following number of personal data incidents:
Year | Total |
2019 | 559 |
2020 | 529 |
2021 | 581 |
2022 | 546 |
2023 | 478 |
The Ministry of Defence’s notified personal data breeches to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) since 2019 are as below:
Year | Total submitted to ICO |
2019 | 5 |
2020 | 8 |
2021 | 10 |
2022 | 5 |
2023 | 2 |
Grand Total | 30 |
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) treats all breaches of security very seriously and requires all suspected breaches to be reported regardless of severity. All incidents are subjected to an initial security risk assessment, with further action taken on a proportionate basis.
Training and awareness activities are regularly undertaken to continuously improve staff knowledge and understanding of the data protection principles and the processes and procedures that must be followed to secure data.