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Prime Minister: Email

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 19 May 2025UIN 51163

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2025 to Question 43463 on Prime Minister: Email, whether emails which are automatically removed after 90 days that have not otherwise been saved for long-term storage are still considered to be held under (a) the Freedom of Information regime and (b) Subject Access Request regime.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

As under previous administrations, guidance set out by the Information Commissioner’s Office is followed here:

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/foi/freedom-of-information-and-environmental-information-regulations/determining-whether-we-hold-information/



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