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Cabinet Office: Email

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 10 March 2026UIN 110810

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department archived emails (a) sent by and (b) received from John Pond between 2007 and 2010.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Yes. The Cabinet Office archives official communications in line with its obligations under the Public Records Act 1958, the Code of Practice on the Management of Records issued under section 46 the Freedom of Information Act 2000, and the Guidance for the management of Private Office information and records.

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