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Monarchy: Information

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 June 2026UIN 4176

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether official information is considered to be held by the Crown when a Crown Servant leaves Crown service and retains such information on (a) personal devices and (b) non-government communication channel.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

Official information, wherever stored, is considered to be held by the Crown.

I refer the Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire to the Government’s 2023 ‘Guidance on Using Non-Corporate Communication Channels for Government Business’ for further detail.

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