Question follow-through · 104274

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 100730, whether electronic messages held in the Private Office of the then Prime Minister on 28 August 2019 would ordinarily have been assigned subject classi

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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: 8 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 12 Jan 2026
Answer: 15 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

8 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 January 2026 to Question 100730, whether electronic messages held in the Private Office of the then Prime Minister on 28 August 2019 would ordinarily have been assigned subject classi
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
The guidance in place in August 2019 has been published by the National Archives: https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/popapersguidance2009.pdf

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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