Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date (a) the Cabinet Office and (b) 10 Downing Street disapplied the automatic deletion policy on emails, in light of the Humble Address of 4 February 2026.

I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The methodological note included in this publication provides a detailed overview of the information gathering process.

The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Government has available for disclosure, except those being withheld at the request of the Metropolitan police.