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Government Departments: WhatsApp

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 3 June 2026UIN 3797

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Whatsapp application on an official phone is deemed to be a (a) corporate and (b) non-corporate channel.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

I refer the Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire to the Government’s 2023 guidance ‘Using non-corporate communication channels for Government Business’, which is still current.

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