Select Committee on Foreign Affairs Written Evidence


APPENDIX B

 [See Condition 25.3]

CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING

(To be signed by persons employed in providing the services before being given access to Government information).

This Confidentiality Undertaking is made as a Deed by me, [insert full name] to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (the "FCO") in connection with a contract between [        ] and the FCO for the provision of Security Guarding Services for Iraq.

I am employed by I have been informed that I may be required to work for my employer in providing services to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

I understand that information in the possession of the FCO or obtained from the FCO must be treated as confidential.

I hereby give a formal undertaking, as a solemn promise to my employer and to the FCO, that:

    1.  I will not communicate any of that information, or any other knowledge I acquire about the FCO in the course of my work, to anyone who is not authorised to receive it in connection with that work; and

    2.  I will not make use of any of that information or knowledge for any purpose apart from that work.

I acknowledge that this applies to all information that is not already a matter of public knowledge and that it applies to both written and oral information.

I also acknowledge that this undertaking will continue to apply at all times in the future, even when the work has finished and when I have left my employment.

I have also been informed that I will be bound by the provisions of the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989. I am aware that under those provisions it is a criminal offence to disclose information that has been given to me or my employer by the FCO. I am aware that serious consequences (including criminal sanctions) may follow any breach of those provisions.

EXECUTED AS A DEED by:

Surname:  

Forenames:  

Date of Signature:  

In the presence of (a)   (witness)

(b)   (witness)

Contractor's Name:  

Contract Reference No:  

J FCO


 
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