UK home secretary Suella Braverman used her personal email address to handle official documents on seven occasions, an internal Home Office inquiry has concluded.
Braverman, who is facing criticism over her handling of sensitive information leading up to her resignation under Liz Truss’s shortlived government, has written to the House of Commons’ home affairs select committee to apologise for her actions.
In a letter to Dame Diana Johnson, chair of the committee, Braverman revealed that she had used her personal email address to disseminate official work documents on October 19 and on six other occasions before her resignation.
“The Home Office conducted a review of my use of personal email and verified the above sequence of events. The review also identified that within the period between 6th September and 19th October, I had sent official documents from my Government email to my personal email address on six occasions,” she wrote.
Braverman said that the six occasions included briefing papers for ministerial meetings and media interviews.
In the seven-page letter, Braverman set out the timeline of events that led to her resignation on October 19, after a draft ministerial statement on migration reform was emailed to Sir John Hayes, a former security minister and veteran rightwing backbencher.
It was instead sent to a parliamentary aide to Andrew Percy, the MP for Brigg and Goole. Braverman wrote: “I am sorry for the errors of judgement set out above and I reiterated my apology to Mr Percy” for sending the email.
Braverman has undertaken training from security experts in handling sensitive information.
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