Question follow-through · 113460
Treasury: WhatsApp
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her Department's policy that (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers use the disappearing messages function on Whatsapp on Government devices.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 2 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her Department's policy that (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers use the disappearing messages function on Whatsapp on Government devices.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Mar 2026
Answer published
The department’s policy is to follow the Cabinet Office’s published guidance on the use of non-corporate communication channels.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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