Secrecy fears over Green inquiry

An official report into allegations against Damian Green may never be made public, no 10 has indicated.

The First Secretary of State faces claims he made inappropriate advances to a female Tory activist and that police found pornography on a computer in his office when he was in opposition.

A Cabinet Office inquiry is looking at the allegations against Theresa May’s deputy and no 10 yesterday would not commit to publishing the findings.

nor would it say when the inquiry, which began on October 31, would end. A spokesman said: ‘We will wait for the investigation to be concluded. Once that has happened, we will update you on the next steps.’

Mr Green has been under investigation following claims by activist Kate Maltby that he made unwanted advances towards her, which he denies.

The inquiry has been widened to look at claims by a former police chief that porn was found on a computer in Mr Green’s House of Commons office in 2008. The inquiry is also understood to have asked officials if there is evidence of attempts to access porn from computers used by Mr Green since he first became a minister in 2010.

He strongly denies downloading pornography and denies all knowledge of the material allegedly found in 2008.