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UIN 95897

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Electronic Messaging

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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24 November 2022

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6 December 2022 · Answer

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department's policy on (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants using (i) SMS, (ii) WhatsApp, (iii) Signal and (iv) other messaging platforms for (A) sending informat

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  1. 24 November 2022

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department's policy on (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants using (i) SMS, (ii) WhatsApp, (iii) Signal and (iv) other messaging platforms for (A) sending informat

    Source: Commons

  2. 6 December 2022

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    The FCO "WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Line, Signal or WeChat Policy" (2017) was reviewed and updated in December 2018 and remained in place throughout 2019. The policy was next updated in August 2020 ahead of the merger with DFID (on 2 September 2020) wh...

    Source: Written answer

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