Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 43463
Prime Minister: Email
Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 9 April 2025
Question
Mike Wood
Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2025 to Question 40914 on Prime Minister: Email, what his Department's policy is on how long emails that are (a) received by 10 Downing Street, (b) not explicitly placed on the
Answer
Ms Abena Oppong-AsareAs under successive administrations, routine emails are held for no longer than 90 days on the email system at which point they are automatically removed from staff mailboxes. This is in line with the Code of Practice on the management of records.