The Information Commissioner in the UK has today been in touch to confirm that an official investigation of how the Foreign and Commonwealth Office handled both the security aspect of the visa outsourcing in this case and the discovery of the breach (or more accurately the delay between being first informed and then taking action a year later) is now underway and that I may be asked to provide evidence during the course of that investigation.

And in a further update, I am now also helping with an official investigation into the matter that has been ordered by the UK Foreign Secretary, who will report to Parliament once the independent investigation is complete.