Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 21 June 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether special advisers in his Department are permitted to use non-departmental e-mail addresses for departmental business.
The special advisers adhere to the Ministerial Code, the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers, and the Civil Service Code which set out how Ministers, officials and special advisers should conduct Government business.
FCO guidance stales that: Unofficial and private e-mail accounts should not routinely be used for official purposes. Such accounts may be used when there is no viable alternative, but only for unclassified material.
This guidance applies to everyone, including special advisers.
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