Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department last updated guidelines on the use of social media by civil servants.

At the end of August 2023, GCS published a new guide for communicators working in the digital discipline, which includes specific references to appropriate and ethical use of social media channels: https://gcs.civilservice.gov.uk/guidance/digital-communication/#propriety.

All of this guidance complements the Civil Service code, which lays out the behaviours expected of civil servants, available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code.