The publication of politically sensitive contracts was delayed for many, many months. Hancock's officials were asked by Number 10 to delay publication to help with press handling. Those are the facts (see eg Pestfix contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8f2e317…). 
Their breaches of the law would have been even more serious had @GoodLawProject not sued. That's what the Court found.
And here's the evidence that DHSC was asked to delay publication. goodlawproject.org/update/civil-s…
Pleased to hear @MattHancock confirm he will do what the law requires. His own civil servants gave evidence of significant ongoing failures. Our lawyers will write to him again this week to ask him to confirm (1) that he is in continuing legal breach (2) that he will comply.
The evidence also showed that the civil servants Hancock praised were calling out - again and again - for more resource to help them comply with their important legal obligations around transparency. But their pleas were ignored.
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