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Defence Suppliers Forum

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 12528, tabled on 1 February 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 7.5 of the Defence Suppliers' Forum publication entitled Collaboration Charter, published on 22 November 2023, whether data retention settings are in place to save messages from the instant messaging platform on the new system.

Answered on

9 February 2024

We are currently working on a collaboration system that meets the requirements set down in the Charter including instant messaging. We aim to deliver this via an iterative approach later this calendar year and evolve it thereafter to meet user needs.