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Prime Minister: Special Advisers

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 28 April 2026UIN 128732

The question

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.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

We do not comment on the details of individual clearances or national security as a matter of course.

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