Written question asked by John Denham (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 April 2012. It was answered by David Mundell (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 April 2012 on behalf of the Scotland Office.

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E-mail

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his policy is on the period for which emails sent and received by (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department are retained; and whether such emails are recoverable from the IT systems in his Department after that period.

Answer

E-mail messages that form part of the official record are saved for as long as business needs require and stored corporately in accordance with departmental record management procedures.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

102939; 543 c480W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Email Scotland Office

Link

View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk