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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the US government informed the Government of the pending disclosure of files relating to (a) Peter Mandelson and bi) Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
9 Feb 2026
Answer
3 Mar 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, when the US government informed the Government of the pending disclosure of files relating to (a) Peter Mandelson and bi) Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

  2. 9 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The UK has had no advance notice of specific disclosures on the US Justice Department's website.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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