Question follow-through · 13665
Government Departments: Social Media
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to all Departments to require them to use alternative social media sites to X.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 19 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing guidance to all Departments to require them to use alternative social media sites to X.
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Government uses a range of channels to reach and engage the public. Any use of these platforms would be assessed against the high standards for digital safety set out in the Government Communication Service (GCS) SAFE framework. The four core principl...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme
11 Dec 2024 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many victims of the infected blood scandal have received their full compensation.
Infected Blood Inquiry
15 Jul 2025 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his Department's planned timetable is for responding to the Additional Report by the Infected Blood Inquiry, published on 9 July 2025.
Climate Change Convention: Brazil
16 Oct 2025 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will attend the COP30 UN climate summit in person.
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology
21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason the proposed digital ID will be issued to children aged 13 to 16 years.
Weather: Death
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of excess winter deaths data.
Weather: Death
25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the causes of the excess winter deaths in the latest data.
House of Lords: Bishops
28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to review the (a) role and (b) voting rights of bishops in the House of Lords.
Government Departments: Contracts
6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that subcontractors supplying Government departments have high standards.
Government Departments: Contracts
6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the interests of UK subcontractors that are engaged by Government suppliers.
Government Departments: Procurement
6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to respond to breaches of the Supplier Code of Conduct v3.0 Ethical Behaviour provisions.
British Constitution
13 May 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a written constitution for the UK.
Civil Servants: Workplace Pensions
20 May 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many requests for Civil Service Pension quotations remain outstanding.