Question follow-through · 16512
Government Communication Service
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 4668 on Government Communication Service, for what reason the Government will not provide this information.
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
- 27 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 29 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
27 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 4668 on Government Communication Service, for what reason the Government will not provide this information.
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2024
Answer published
The audit contains the personal information of circa 6,500 communicators across government. Even if the data was anonymised, there is still a risk that individuals could be identified.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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