Question follow-through · 112170

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was paid his standard (a) salary and (b) Civil Service pension in the period from his removal as Head of Mission to his departure from the Civil Servic

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 10 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 12 Feb 2026
Answer: 27 Feb 2026 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether Lord Mandelson was paid his standard (a) salary and (b) Civil Service pension in the period from his removal as Head of Mission to his departure from the Civil Servic
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Feb 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member to the Government's response to the Urgent Question tabled on 12 February, the Written Ministerial Statement in the name of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister that same day, and Oral Statement on the 23 February which set ou...

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