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Ministers: Social Media

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 17 February 2025UIN 30159

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps to amend paragraph 8.13 of the Ministerial Code, published on 6 November 2024, to provide guidance on whether meetings with social media organisations should be published on a quarterly basis.

Answered by Georgia Gould

Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ official meetings with external individuals and organisations, including with social media organisations, are already published on a quarterly basis.

Data for the period of July to September 2024 was published by departments on the 30th January 2025.

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