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1693480

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>All departments in the Government, including arms lengths bodies, apply the published guidance, Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business, published by the Cabinet Office in March 2023. It applies to all individuals in the Government, including ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers. The Department uses this central guidance, and has applied it since March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/03/2024 14:58:10 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693481

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>All departments in central government, including arms lengths bodies apply the published guidance: [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business], published by Cabinet Office in March 2023. It applies to all individuals in central government (ministers, special advisers, officials, contractors, non-executive board members and independent experts advising ministers). The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office uses the central guidance and has applied it since March 2023.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 11/03/2024 17:54:43 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693482

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Department follows the Cabinet Office policy on non-corporate communication channels for Government business <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business</a></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 09:24:33 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693483

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Whatsapp is not a supported application and is not available for all Home Office Staff.</p><p>However, if staff in specific roles have a valid business justification to use Whatsapp for their job, they can apply to have it installed on their corporate mobile devices via an exceptions process, and will receive guidance on how to configure the app to ensure it meets Home Office security standards.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/03/2024 14:52:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693484

registered interest
date	04/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: WhatsApp
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department issues on the use of WhatsApp.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>In accordance with Cabinet Office Policy [<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fnon-corporate-communication-channels-for-government-business%2Fusing-non-corporate-communication-channels-eg-whatsapp-private-email-sms-for-government-business-html&amp;data=05%7C02%7CUKStratComDD-SecretariatGpMbx%40mod.gov.uk%7C2381af8f693b4b0ff31208dc3d13ef53%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C638452403138449005%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=aWqLrm8Fu4eW3tdQeHTzqgHDwROdcEekfOOC5I2r65g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Using non-corporate communication channels (e.g. WhatsApp, private email, SMS) for government business (HTML) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>] the Ministry of Defence discourages the use of WhatsApp for anything other than keeping in touch purposes, and policy reinforces that personnel must not share or confirm any information above OFFICIAL.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 11/03/2024 15:10:47 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693000

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Department of Health and Social Care: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The Department is digital by default, and the primary channel for issuing reports and guidance is the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 11/03/2024 09:54:33 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693002

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department. Reports and guidance that the Treasury has published can be found on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 11/03/2024 16:51:38 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693003

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Home Office: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The requested information is not centrally held, and complying with this request would incur a disproportionate cost to the department.</p><p>Reports and guidance that the Department has published can be found on gov.uk</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 11/03/2024 15:21:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1693004

registered interest
date	01/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Publishing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 11/03/2024 17:11:18 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

1692804

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Advertising
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, how much funding his Department has (a) budgeted for and (b) spent on advertising in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Torfaen
tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
uin	16375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2024 answer text <p>(a) The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office cannot provide the budget information for Advertising as we do not allocate budget to this level of granularity.</p><p>(b) The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spent £1,701 in 2020/21, £2,176 in 2021/22 and £11,892 in 2022/23 on Advertising costs.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 07/03/2024 11:56:39 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds