Question follow-through · 9954
Ministers and Special Advisers: Electronic Messaging
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to Ministers, special advisers and officials on the use, retention and disclosure of WhatsApp messages and other private electronic communications in relation to security.
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
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to Ministers, special advisers and officials on the use, retention and disclosure of WhatsApp messages and other private electronic communications in relation to security.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Jun 2026
Answer published
Central guidance was issued in 2023 on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business, which is available on GOV.UK.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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