Hundreds of UK ministry of defence (MoD) data breaches have been revealed as questions intensify over its ability to keep sensitive information safe in the wake of the Afghan data breach.

Johnny Mercer, the former veterans minister, who was covered by the super-injunction because of his knowledge of the events, told the BBC the breach was representative of the "chaos" around the relocation process, and the individual brought to the UK had used the data to get in.

A former British Paratrooper who spent more than a decade serving in numerous operations across Afghanistan has warned that the data breach will pose a security threat for years to come.

Taliban warlords have embarked on a campaign of killings against Afghans after the British Government lost a top-secret database of those who helped the UK during the war in the Middle East.

In one incident last year, the names and bank details of 272,000 staff were breached when one of its systems was hacked

The Labour peer says the Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle should have insisted that the Intelligence and Security Committee were told of the leak.

James Heappey said claims he had backed a ‘new entitlement’ for people affected by the breach but not eligible for other schemes were ‘untrue’.

Grant Shapps ‘surprised’ Afghan data leak kept secret for so long – despite fighting to keep media gagged - The ex-defence secretary says he was ‘surprised’ gagging order was in place for ‘so long’ -