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Ministers and Special Advisers: Communication

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 4 March 2026UIN 112653

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the compliance of (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers with the guidance entitled Non-corporate communication channels for government business, published on 30 March 2023.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The current guidance was issued under the previous government. As part of this government’s commitment to raise information security standards, we plan to review both the way that non-corporate communication channels are used in Government and the 2023 guidance itself to reflect the changes in the ways we use technology.

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