Question follow-through · 128270

Lord Mandelson

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

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
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    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

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    I refer you to the statement made by the Prime Minister on 20 April, and his answers to the questions raised in response, including his commitment that the Government would continue to comply with the instructions of Parliament in the Humble Address of 4 ...

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.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Lord Mandelson

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 9 April 2026 to Question HL15969 on Lord Mandelson, whether the requested information will be published in future volumes of the Government response to the Humble Address.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Government Departments: Vetting

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the revised terms of reference are for the review into security vetting led by Sir Adrian Fulford; who will he report to; and whether the review will be made public.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Government Departments: Vetting

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report into the review of the vetting process led by Sir Chris Wormald.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Lord Mandelson

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the terms of reference are for the review into security concerns from Lord Mandelson having access to STRAP material; who will be undertaking that review; and whether it is the same review to the one being

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Advisers: Vetting

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any special adviser since July 2024 has had Developed Vetting approved with mitigations following a (a) borderline conclusion and (b) recommended refusal from UKSV.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Lord Mandelson

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the reason was for the time taken for officials to inform the Prime Minister of FCDO information on Lord Mandelson’s failed security vetting during the Humble Address response; and whether there were discus

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prime Minister: USA

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the answer by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent of 9 April 2026, to Question HL16074, on Prime Minister: USA, whether the Prime Minister was seated when viewing the presentation about Palantir’s wor

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Lord Mandelson

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2026, to Question 121762, on Lord Mandelson, and to the answer of 31 March 2026, to Question 115894, on Jeffrey Epstein, whether the detailed information on Lord Mandelson's se

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Prime Minister: Special Advisers

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether (a) Jonathan Powell, (b) Tim Allan, (c) Matthew Doyle and (d) Morgan McSweeney passed their security clearances without any qualification.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Lord Mandelson

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Sir Oliver Robbins had a verbal conversation with any representative of Downing Street or the Cabinet Office to discuss the failure of Lord Mandelson’s UKSV vetting, or associated qualifications with the

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Senior Civil Servants: Termination of Employment

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2026, to Question 122717, on Civil Service: Redundancy, whether the departures of (a) Sir Simon Case, (b) Sir Chris Wormald and (c) Sir Oliver Robbins fall under the classifica

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Lord Mandelson

21 Apr 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 124080 on Lord Mandelson, whether Darren Tierney offered to Downing Street that he could interview Lord Mandelson.