Question follow-through · 25675
USA: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) senior officials and (b) special advisers had discussions with President Trump's transition team following his election in 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jan 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) senior officials and (b) special advisers had discussions with President Trump's transition team following his election in 2024.
24 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Jan 2025
Answer published
It is the long-standing practice of successive governments not to comment on matters of national security and private diplomatic meetings.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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