Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's policy is on responding to parliamentary questions where the subject file or letter is within the scope of the Official Secrets Act 1989.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office follows Cabinet Office guidance on drafting answers to Parliamentary Questions which is publicly available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/drafting-answers-to-parliamentary-questions-guidance.