Question follow-through · 13825

Lord Mandelson

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to establish whether Lord Mandelson holds official information owned by the Crown which has not been copied or transferred to the official record.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
2 Jul 2026
Answer
7 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department has taken to establish whether Lord Mandelson holds official information owned by the Crown which has not been copied or transferred to the official record.

  2. 2 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address. The documents published in the first and second tranches contain the entirety of the documents the Gove...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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