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Prime Minister: Email

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 April 2025UIN 43463

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2025 to Question 40914 on Prime Minister: Email, what his Department's policy is on how long emails that are (a) received by 10 Downing Street, (b) not explicitly placed on the

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

As under successive administrations, routine emails are held for no longer than 90 days on the email system at which point they are automatically removed from staff mailboxes. This is in line with the Code of Practice on the management of records.

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