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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 10 June (HC5973), whether the referenced search parameters included material of a party political nature held by the No. 10 Political Office, or whether documents and emails held by the No. 10...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 10 June (HC5973), whether the referenced search parameters included material of a party political nature held by the No. 10 Political Office, or whether documents and emails held by the No. 10...
I refer the Noble Lady to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1st June, providing an update on the response to the Humble Address, with the relevant passage copied here for ease. The methodological note included in this publication provides a detailed overview of the information gathering process.
Scope of searches
18. In order that the Government could respond swiftly and transparently to discharge the spirit and letter of the Humble Address, search parameters were included based
on the limbs of the Humble Address motion. These were as follows:
a. Individuals in scope of the limbs of the motion seeking direct correspondence with Peter Mandelson (via email and other electronic messages) were specified as all Ministers, Pay Band 3/4 Special Advisers, Permanent Secretaries and Directors General. This was on the basis that these were the individuals most likely to have come into contact with Peter Mandelson.
b. These individuals were instructed to search their work devices and personal devices for any relevant information.
c. Minutes of meetings between those same individuals and Peter Mandelson where they were the principal attendees were requested, not where they were one member among wider cast lists (for example not including formal committee meetings such as the National Security Council).
d. Electronic messages involving Peter Mandelson that were exchanged as part of a group were requested, as well as those directly between an in-scope individual and Peter Mandelson.
19. While commissions to departments did not specifically request invitations to meetings or schedulers from individuals’ calendars, where these have been provided to the Cabinet Office Humble Address team and where relevant, they have been included in the publication.
20. Some material has been included in the publication where it does not meet the above criteria but includes content relevant to areas where Parliament has expressed a significant interest, such as Peter Mandelson’s campaign to become Chancellor of Oxford University. Material of a party political nature is included in the publication, contrary to usual practice and precedent for information ‘held’ by the Government, in order to demonstrate the maximum possible transparency.
21. Some information was deemed out of scope via the commissioning process so as to keep the returns focused on the most relevant information:
a. Obvious ephemera - for example press cuttings, out of office replies, FCDO internal corporate messaging.
b. Anything which was clearly related to the corporate management of British Embassy Washington (e.g. FCDO personnel decisions and discussions, individual performance reporting, embassy staffing and management plans, estate issues).
c. Routine Embassy business (such as consular work and copylists containing FCDO Diplomatic Telegrams, regional updates, thematic notes and briefing materials, press lines, corporate updates and newsletters).
d. Purely personal information that would not usually be considered ‘held’ by the Government (for example relating to family matters or medical information).
22. On 31 March the SRO wrote to Peter Mandelson - via his solicitors - to request any information held on his personal phone. Peter Mandelson declined to comply with this request. The Government has no further recourse to search the personal devices of Peter Mandelson.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 5973 on Lord Mandelson and with reference to paragraph 20 of the introduction to Volume 2-I of the Humble Address, whether material of a party political nature held by the No10 Political...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 5973 on Lord Mandelson and with reference to paragraph 20 of the introduction to Volume 2-I of the Humble Address, whether material of a party political nature held by the No10 Political...
I refer the Hon Member to the Government’s statement and release of information on 1 June 2026 in response to the Humble Address, in particular the section entitled 'Government methodology in complying with the Humble Address' in the document laid before Parliament.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether communications held by the No10 Political Office staff were deemed to be in scope of the Humble Address relating to Lord Mandelson.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether communications held by the No10 Political Office staff were deemed to be in scope of the Humble Address relating to Lord Mandelson.
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 Government has available for disclosure, except those being withheld at the request of the Metropolitan police.
As set out in the methodological note included in this publication, in order that the Government could respond swiftly and transparently to discharge the spirit and letter of the Humble Address, search parameters were included based on the limbs of the Humble Address motion. All relevant individuals were instructed to retain and provide to the Cabinet Office all information they held that falls in scope of the Humble Address motion.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Commissioner for Public Appointment’s letter to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, whether the powers of the Public Appointments Commission to require appointing authorities provide information extends to information held by the No10 Political Office.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Commissioner for Public Appointment’s letter to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, whether the powers of the Public Appointments Commission to require appointing authorities provide information extends to information held by the No10 Political Office.
The scope of the powers of the Commissioner for Public Appointments to request information relevant to his inquiries are set out in Article 4(6) of the Public Appointments (No. 2) Order in Council 2023.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps have been taken to ensure that (a) No.10 special advisers and (b) staff of the No.10 Political Office have access to Government IT equipment with the appropriate level of security.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps have been taken to ensure that (a) No.10 special advisers and (b) staff of the No.10 Political Office have access to Government IT equipment with the appropriate level of security.
Everyone who works with government has a duty of confidentiality and a responsibility to safeguard any government information or data that they access or share, and all government departments are required to meet a range of mandatory security standards. As was the case under previous administrations, political staff are first required to hold the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). This check verifies an individual's identity, nationality, immigration status, employment history and criminal record. They are then required to undergo more advanced security vetting upon entry.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) headcount and (b) FTE staff are employed by the Prime Minister's Office; how many such staff are (i) special advisers and (ii) fixed term appointments; and how many desks are provided for staff employed by the No10 Political Office.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) headcount and (b) FTE staff are employed by the Prime Minister's Office; how many such staff are (i) special advisers and (ii) fixed term appointments; and how many desks are provided for staff employed by the No10 Political Office.
I refer the Rt Hon Member to my answer of 23 September 2024, Official Report, PQ 5043 and my answer of 13 September 2024, Official Report, PQ 4663.
Sufficient desks are provided to meet the needs of staff in the Prime Minister’s Office.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) official and (b) special adviser is responsible for locating staff in the Number 10 political office within the Downing Street estate.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) official and (b) special adviser is responsible for locating staff in the Number 10 political office within the Downing Street estate.
As was the case under the previous Administration, the individual responsibilities of Cabinet Office staff are not published.
To ask the Prime Minister how much was contributed from the public purse towards the cost of those Downing Street Political Office staff which are part-funded by the Conservative Party in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Prime Minister how much was contributed from the public purse towards the cost of those Downing Street Political Office staff which are part-funded by the Conservative Party in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Downing Street political office staff are not paid for by the taxpayer.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 1 May 2008, Official Report, column 624W, on departmental manpower, whether the figure of 189 staff on the No. 10 payroll includes the staff in the Downing Street Political...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 1 May 2008, Official Report, column 624W, on departmental manpower, whether the figure of 189 staff on the No. 10 payroll includes the staff in the Downing Street Political...
(2) with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 795W, on Departmental Staff, how many staff work in the Downing Street Political Office according to records held by the Downing Street switchboard.
(2) with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 795W, on Departmental Staff, how many staff work in the Downing Street Political Office according to records held by the Downing Street switchboard.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 13 October 2008, Official Report, columns 942-3W, on 10 Downing Street, whether the table showing the 87 members of staff working in the Cabinet Office who were not employed...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 13 October 2008, Official Report, columns 942-3W, on 10 Downing Street, whether the table showing the 87 members of staff working in the Cabinet Office who were not employed...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 13 October 2008, Official Report, columns 942-43W, on 10 Downing Street, how many desk spaces are allocated to the Downing Street Political Office;
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 13 October 2008, Official Report, columns 942-43W, on 10 Downing Street, how many desk spaces are allocated to the Downing Street Political Office;
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 8 October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on political office: furniture, whether the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the Downing Street Political Office (i) desks, (ii) telephones and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 8 October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on political office: furniture, whether the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the Downing Street Political Office (i) desks, (ii) telephones and...
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 8 October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on political office: furniture, how many Downing street Political Office staff have telephones provided at the public expense.
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Shipley of 8 October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on political office: furniture, how many Downing street Political Office staff have telephones provided at the public expense.
To ask the Prime Minister how many (a) desks, (b) computers and (c) telephones are provided for the use of the Political Office.
To ask the Prime Minister how many (a) desks, (b) computers and (c) telephones are provided for the use of the Political Office.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff have worked in the Downing Street Political Office in each year since 1996-97.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff have worked in the Downing Street Political Office in each year since 1996-97.
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2007, Official Report, columns 848-9W, on the Downing Street Political Office, when the post of Administrator of the Downing Street Political Office was established.
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2007, Official Report, columns 848-9W, on the Downing Street Political Office, when the post of Administrator of the Downing Street Political Office was established.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was contributed from the public purse towards the cost of Downing Street Political Office staff that are part funded by the Labour Party, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was contributed from the public purse towards the cost of Downing Street Political Office staff that are part funded by the Labour Party, in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what sub-divisions of the Prime Minister's Office there are based in (a) No. 10 Downing Street, (b) HM Treasury, (c) the Cabinet Office and (d) elsewhere.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what sub-divisions of the Prime Minister's Office there are based in (a) No. 10 Downing Street, (b) HM Treasury, (c) the Cabinet Office and (d) elsewhere.
To ask the Prime Minister (1) what proportion of the cost of the position of the administrator of the Downing Street Political Office will be met by the public purse; and when the post was established;
To ask the Prime Minister (1) what proportion of the cost of the position of the administrator of the Downing Street Political Office will be met by the public purse; and when the post was established;