Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 63982 on Landmark Information Group: Contracts, for what reason he listed twelve requirements in that answer when the answer also said that the Statement of Requirements shall not be published on security grounds.

The “Statement of Requirements for Points of Interest Data for the National Situation Centre” is an internal procurement document, a section of which details the National Situation Centre’s requirements for Points of Interest Data. This section (the 12 requirements) are not exempt from publication on Security Grounds, whereas the full Statement of Requirements is.

This procurement activity relates to The National Situation Centre, which is exempt from publishing Commercially Sensitive documents under National Security Exemptions. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Sections 23 (Security Bodies) and 24 (National Security) apply. Under Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Section 15 (National Security) applies.