Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received information obtained by the US Administration by means of provisions within the USA Patriot Act of 2001; and if he will make a statement.

I am not aware of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) having obtained information specifically under the provisions of the USA Patriot Act. However, the UK Government, including the MOD, receives a broad range of classified information from the United States under existing bilateral and multilateral information-sharing arrangements.