Second accidental data leak in four months ‘regrettable’, finance department says

The finance department has apologised after confidential information was accidentally shared, including price scales from Deloitte, KPMG and other consulting firms. Photograph: Taiyou Nomachi/Getty Images

The finance department has accidentally shared confidential commercial information for the second time as new data reveals the number of human errors behind government data breaches.

The department has confirmed that last week it emailed 236 suppliers, and that the email included “embedded information with some third-party confidential information”.