Question follow-through · 127466

Gordon Brown

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2026 to Question 110816 on Gordon Brown, whether the letter from Gordon Brown and reply will be disclosed as part of the response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
20 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2026 to Question 110816 on Gordon Brown, whether the letter from Gordon Brown and reply will be disclosed as part of the response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.

  2. 20 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    I refer you to the Government's statement and release of information on 11th March, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Senior Civil Servants: Vetting

17 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the UK Security Vetting document entitled DV - Guidance Pack for Applicants, updated on 23 September 2024, if he will set out the circumstances in which senior civil servants can be appointed t

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lord Mandelson

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date (a) civil servants, (b) No10 political office staff and (c) special advisers in the Office of the Prime Minister first became aware that Lord Mandelson had not received full security vetting clearan

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lord Mandelson

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what date the Prime Minister first became aware that Lord Mandelson had not received full security vetting clearance.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Morgan McSweeney

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Morgan McSweeney fully passed security clearance and vetting.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Vetting

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what are the terms of reference of the review into the FCDO and UKSC vetting process; who will undertake the review; and who it will report to.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lord Mandelson

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) No10 private office, (b) the No10 appointments unit and (c) Morgan McSweeney were told in 2025 that Lord Mandelson had not fully followed his security vetting.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lord Mandelson

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy that the Government’s Volume 2 response to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson includes the disclosure of all communications relating to the conclusions of UK Security Vetting's se

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Morgan McSweeney

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates did Morgan McSweeney obtain (a) Security Check and (b) Developed Vetting clearance when he worked in Downing Street.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Diplomatic Service: Vetting

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether there are any rules and guidance that prevent the sharing of an outcome of a security vetting with another government department for (a) an ambassadorial and (b) a head of mission senior civil servant ap

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lord Mandelson

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office document Publication regarding events surrounding the granting of Developed Vetting to Peter Mandelson, dated 17 April 2026, which boxes were ticked by UKSV in relation to Lo

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lord Mandelson

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office document Publication regarding events surrounding the granting of Developed Vetting to Peter Mandelson, dated 17 April 2026, if he will place in the Library a copy of the ful

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lord Mandelson

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the submission from Simon Case of 11 November 2024 disclosed in Volume 1 of the Government response to the humble Address on Lord Mandelson, what consideration was given by the Prime Minister t