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Treasury: WhatsApp

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 2 March 2026UIN 113460

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her Department's policy that (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers use the disappearing messages function on Whatsapp on Government devices.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The department’s policy is to follow the Cabinet Office’s published guidance on the use of non-corporate communication channels.

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