Question follow-through · 115827
Lord Mandelson
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether guidance has been issued to Ministers and officials in relation to messages that were subject to automatic deletion timers and existed at the time the Humble Address motion of 4 February 2026 was passed
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 20 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether guidance has been issued to Ministers and officials in relation to messages that were subject to automatic deletion timers and existed at the time the Humble Address motion of 4 February 2026 was passed
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
I refer you to the Government's response to the Urgent Question tabled on 12th February, the Written Ministerial Statement in the name of the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister that same day, and the Oral Statement on the 23rd February, in the name of ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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