Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 102745

Business: Disclosure of Information

Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the use of non-disclosure agreements during corporate restructuring in safety-critical sectors; and he plans to ensure that

Answer

Kate Dearden
The Government is unable to assess sector-specific trends regarding the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) because they are private contractual arrangements, and data on their use is not collected.While NDAs can legally require one or more parties to...

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