Question follow-through · 91401

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish Lord Mandelson’s contract.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
17 Nov 2025
Target answer date
19 Nov 2025
Answer
25 Nov 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish Lord Mandelson’s contract.

  2. 19 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    It has not been the policy under any government to publish the employment contracts of individual members of staff.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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