Government Departments: Electronic Messaging

Summary

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what conclusion the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Ethics Team under the previous Government reached on the ownership of the electronic messages held on non-corporate devices relating to official government busi

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1. 11 June 2026

   Written question

   To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what conclusion the Cabinet Office’s Propriety and Ethics Team under the previous Government reached on the ownership of the electronic messages held on non-corporate devices relating to official government busi

   Source: Commons

2. 16 June 2026

   Answer

   Official information, wherever stored, is considered to be held by the Crown.I refer the Member for Brentwood and Ongar to the Government’s 2023 ‘Guidance on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business’, that was produced and publis...

   Source: Written answer

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