In a covering letter to the committee chairman, Brailsford wrote: “Self-evidently, the events of recent months have highlighted areas where mistakes were made by Team Sky.

“Some members of staff did not comply fully with the policies and procedures that existed at that time. Regrettably, those mistakes mean that we have not been able to provide the complete set of records that we should have around the specific race relevant to UKAD’s investigation.

“We accept full responsibility for this. However, many of the subsequent assumptions and assertions about the way Team Sky operates have been inaccurate or extended to implications that are simply untrue.

“There is a fundamental difference between process failures and wrongdoing. Our commitment to anti-doping has been a core principle of Team Sky since its inception. Our mission is to race and win clean, and we have done so for eight years.”

The document, published by Team Sky and sent to both UKAD and MPs, highlights the changes Team Sky have made to their ‘anti-doping and medical governance processes’ in the five-and-a-half years since, and clarified three chief issues raised by the Select Committee hearings and subsequent media reports.

On the issue of record-keeping, Team Sky have also hit back at allegations against them stating Dr Freeman not using their shared Dropbox system in 2011 was not indicative of poor record-keeping across the board.

It is explained that Dr Freeman ‘struggled with the new system’, preferring to use his own electronic notes and ‘sharing information by telephone as appropriate’ until the appointment of a medical student as his administrative assistant in 2012.

“While we accept there are no medical records for this particular rider at this particular race, itis wrong to draw the conclusion that Team Sky has no medical records or that our medical team as a whole have been deficient in their record keeping,” the statement reads.

“On the contrary, it is an area we take very seriously and have sought to strengthen and improve over time.”

It concludes: “While the failure of Dr Freeman to upload his notes from the 2011 Dauphiné to the shared Dropbox system was a regrettable mistake, the team has since put in place comprehensive measures to ensure that such a situation should not occur again.”

Those measures, including annual reviews of medical policies, standardised medical ordering and software and the appointment of a medical assistant are all outlined at the end of the document.

Finally, the team have also responded to allegations published in the aftermath of the most recent Select Committee as to the bulk ordering of the corticosteroid Triamcinolone – which Wiggins had a TUE to use before the 2011 and 2012 Tours de France and the 2013 Giro d’Italia.

The UKAD investigation had centred on the allegation it was the corticosteroid – banned in competition – which was delivered to Team Sky at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine and administered to Wiggins.

“According to Dr Freeman, the majority was used in his private practice and to treat Team Sky and British Cycling staff.

“It is common in professional cycling for team doctors to provide medical services to staff who require advice or treatment, and this is part of the formal job description for all of our doctors.

“While it is not possible for Team Sky to confirm why and when triamcinolone was administered to non-riders (as we would, rightly, not have access to those private medical records), with regard to riders we would only ever allow triamcinolone to be provided as a legitimate and justified medical treatment in accordance with the applicable anti-doping rules.”