Question follow-through · 24437
USA: Politics and Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) officials will attend the inauguration of President Trump.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 16 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any (a) Ministers and (b) officials will attend the inauguration of President Trump.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2025
Answer published
Dame Karen Pierce, the UK Ambassador to the US, attended the inauguration. The Foreign Secretary has congratulated President Trump on his inauguration and JD Vance on becoming Vice President. He looks forward to seeing the President again soon.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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