Question follow-through · 6356
Ministers: WhatsApp
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who in Government is responsible for issuing guidance and/or requirements for the retention, storage and back up of Cabinet ministers a) personal and b) professional whatsapp messages.
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
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jun 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who in Government is responsible for issuing guidance and/or requirements for the retention, storage and back up of Cabinet ministers a) personal and b) professional whatsapp messages.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Cabinet Office is responsible for issuing guidance for the retention, storage and back up of Cabinet ministers Whatsapp messages.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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