Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish her Department's guidance on Ministers' use of personal (a) devices, (b) emails or (c) communication apps for official business.

The Cabinet Office has published guidance to departments on the use of private email that covers how information is held for the purposes of access to information, and how formal decisions are recorded for the official record.

It is Government policy not to comment on individual Ministers’ security arrangements. Ministers receive support and expert advice to help them meet their obligations in the most appropriate and secure fashion. That includes regular security briefings for Ministers, and advice on protecting their personal data and mitigating cyber threats.