Question follow-through · 8950
Department for Education: Alphabet
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any Ministers in her Department have used informal communication channels, including WhatsApp and private email, to conduct official business with representatives of Alphabet since 4 July 2024.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any Ministers in her Department have used informal communication channels, including WhatsApp and private email, to conduct official business with representatives of Alphabet since 4 July 2024.
15 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2026
Answer published
Cabinet Office published guidance under the previous government in 2023 on the use of non-corporate communication channels, available at:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business.In line with t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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