diff --git a/.github/actions/scan-secrets/action.yaml b/.github/actions/scan-secrets/action.yaml
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+name: "Scan secrets"
+description: "Scan secrets"
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: "Scan secrets"
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # Please do not change this `check=whole-history` setting, as new patterns may be added or history may be rewritten.
+        check=whole-history ./scripts/githooks/scan-secrets.sh
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diff --git a/.gitleaksignore b/.gitleaksignore
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+# SEE: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/blob/master/README.md#gitleaksignore
+
+cd9c0efec38c5d63053dd865e5d4e207c0760d91:docs/guides/Perform_static_analysis.md:generic-api-key:37
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diff --git a/scripts/config/gitleaks.toml b/scripts/config/gitleaks.toml
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+# SEE: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/#configuration
+
+[extend]
+useDefault = true # SEE: https://github.com/gitleaks/gitleaks/blob/master/config/gitleaks.toml
+
+[[rules]]
+description = "IPv4"
+id = "ipv4"
+regex = '''[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}'''
+
+[rules.allowlist]
+regexTarget = "match"
+regexes = [
+  # Exclude the private network IPv4 addresses as well as the DNS servers for Google and OpenDNS
+  '''(127\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}|10\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}|172\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|3[0-1])\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}|192\.168\.[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}|0\.0\.0\.0|255\.255\.255\.255|8\.8\.8\.8|8\.8\.4\.4|208\.67\.222\.222|208\.67\.220\.220)''',
+]
+
+[allowlist]
+paths = ['''.terraform.lock.hcl''', '''poetry.lock''', '''yarn.lock''']
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diff --git a/scripts/config/pre-commit.yaml b/scripts/config/pre-commit.yaml
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+repos:
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+  - id: scan-secrets
+    name: Scan secrets
+    entry: ./scripts/githooks/scan-secrets.sh
+    args: ["check=staged-changes"]
+    language: script
+    pass_filenames: false
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+  - id: check-file-format
+    name: Check file format
+    entry: ./scripts/githooks/check-file-format.sh
+    args: ["check=staged-changes"]
+    language: script
+    pass_filenames: false
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+  - id: check-markdown-format
+    name: Check Markdown format
+    entry: ./scripts/githooks/check-markdown-format.sh
+    args: ["check=staged-changes"]
+    language: script
+    pass_filenames: false
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+  - id: check-english-usage
+    name: Check English usage
+    entry: ./scripts/githooks/check-english-usage.sh
+    args: ["check=staged-changes"]
+    language: script
+    pass_filenames: false
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+  - id: lint-terraform
+    name: Lint Terraform
+    entry: ./scripts/githooks/check-terraform-format.sh
+    language: script
+    pass_filenames: false
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diff --git a/scripts/githooks/scan-secrets.sh b/scripts/githooks/scan-secrets.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# WARNING: Please, DO NOT edit this file! It is maintained in the Repository Template (https://github.com/nhs-england-tools/repository-template). Raise a PR instead.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Pre-commit git hook to scan for secrets hard-coded in the codebase. This is a
+# gitleaks command wrapper. It will run gitleaks natively if it is installed,
+# otherwise it will run it in a Docker container.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   $ [options] ./scan-secrets.sh
+#
+# Options:
+#   check={whole-history,last-commit,staged-changes}  # Type of the check to run, default is 'staged-changes'
+#   FORCE_USE_DOCKER=true                             # If set to true the command is run in a Docker container, default is 'false'
+#   VERBOSE=true                                      # Show all the executed commands, default is 'false'
+#
+# Exit codes:
+#   0 - No leaks present
+#   1 - Leaks or error encountered
+#   126 - Unknown flag
+
+# ==============================================================================
+
+function main() {
+
+  cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+
+  if command -v gitleaks > /dev/null 2>&1 && ! is-arg-true "${FORCE_USE_DOCKER:-false}"; then
+    dir="$PWD"
+    cmd="$(get-cmd-to-run)" run-gitleaks-natively
+  else
+    dir="/workdir"
+    cmd="$(get-cmd-to-run)" run-gitleaks-in-docker
+  fi
+}
+
+# Get Gitleaks command to execute and configuration.
+# Arguments (provided as environment variables):
+#   dir=[project's top-level directory]
+function get-cmd-to-run() {
+
+  check=${check:-staged-changes}
+  case $check in
+    "whole-history")
+      cmd="detect --source $dir --verbose --redact"
+      ;;
+    "last-commit")
+      cmd="detect --source $dir --verbose --redact --log-opts -1"
+      ;;
+    "staged-changes")
+      cmd="protect --source $dir --verbose --staged"
+      ;;
+  esac
+  # Include base line file if it exists
+  if [ -f "$dir/scripts/config/.gitleaks-baseline.json" ]; then
+    cmd="$cmd --baseline-path $dir/scripts/config/.gitleaks-baseline.json"
+  fi
+  # Include the config file
+  cmd="$cmd --config $dir/scripts/config/gitleaks.toml"
+
+  echo "$cmd"
+}
+
+# Run Gitleaks natively.
+# Arguments (provided as environment variables):
+#   cmd=[command to run]
+function run-gitleaks-natively() {
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  gitleaks $cmd
+}
+
+# Run Gitleaks in a Docker container.
+# Arguments (provided as environment variables):
+#   cmd=[command to run]
+#   dir=[directory to mount as a volume]
+function run-gitleaks-in-docker() {
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
+  source ./scripts/docker/docker.lib.sh
+
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2155
+  local image=$(name=ghcr.io/gitleaks/gitleaks docker-get-image-version-and-pull)
+  # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+  docker run --rm --platform linux/amd64 \
+    --volume "$PWD:$dir" \
+    --workdir $dir \
+    "$image" \
+      $cmd
+}
+
+# ==============================================================================
+
+function is-arg-true() {
+
+  if [[ "$1" =~ ^(true|yes|y|on|1|TRUE|YES|Y|ON)$ ]]; then
+    return 0
+  else
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# ==============================================================================
+
+is-arg-true "${VERBOSE:-false}" && set -x
+
+main "$@"
+
+exit 0
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