Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 121792

Prime Minister: Electronic Messaging

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 26 March 2026

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the No10 private office uses disappearing messages on its corporate (a) WhatsApp and (b) Signal messaging.

Answer

Nick Thomas-Symonds
All official business should be conducted using official systems wherever possible. Where official information is created or received on non corporate communication devices, it must be handled in accordance with records management requirements, as set out...
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