Prime Minister: WhatsApp

(asked on 28th August 2026) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps her Department is taking to help identify the person who impersonated President Trump's Chief of Staff in messages to the Prime Minister; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of preventing the use of insecure Whatsapp channels by the Prime Minister.


Answered by
Mark Ferguson Portrait
Mark Ferguson
Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 29th September 2026

The Government does not regularly comment on matters of national security.

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