Ministry of Defence: Email

(asked on 19th July 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he or any Ministers of his Department use personal email addresses to conduct Government business.


Answered by
Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 27th July 2021

Ministers will use a range of digital forms of communication for discussions in line with relevant guidance on information handling and security.

Ministry of Defence Security Policy states that, as a general rule, government information should be processed and stored on government systems, both for security reasons and to preserve the integrity of public records.

Consequently, it should not normally be worked on using private email addresses.

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