Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the messages that Lord Bethell received from or sent to Abingdon Health on WhatsApp from his private mobile telephone while serving as a Minister, how many did officials from the Department of Health and Social Care (1) see, and (2) record.

The Department has conducted a search of communication records relating to Abingdon Health and found no record of WhatsApp messages between the former Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Lord Bethell) and any employee of Abingdon Health. The Department has found no record of officials having sight of any such messages. The Department’s engagement with Abingdon was led by officials and these communications have been retained.