FOI 12988
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 12988
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 19th November 2019. Please find below the response to your request:
My request is as follows:-
1) Please, can you provide a list of all employee roles who are employed by your authority and are subject to the provisions as set out in the Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989?
This can be provided in any format, however, a spreadsheet detailing each role and a mark as to whether the role requires the role holder to sign a declaration as to their recognition of being bound thus required to comply with the Act(s).
2) Please provide a disclosure of the format used by your authority which requires the signature of any role holder who is subject to provisions as set out in the Official Secrets Acts 1911-1989 such as an "Official Secrets Acts & Confidentiality Declaration"
REPLY: All employees are subject to the provisions set out in the Official Secrets Act. The Confidentiality and Official Secrets declaration is contained within the Contract of Employment which is signed by the employee on appointment.