Question follow-through · 23485

Government Departments: Slack

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Slack is permitted as an (a) corporate and (b) non-corporate communication channel in Government.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled: 13 Jan 2025
Target answer date: 15 Jan 2025
Answer: 21 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

13 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether Slack is permitted as an (a) corporate and (b) non-corporate communication channel in Government.
15 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2025
Answer published
There is no specific policy on use of Slack across Government.Slack is used by Digital, Data and Technology Professionals in Departments for cross Government communication.The Central Digital and Data Office have set out the Technology Code of Practice

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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