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1147738

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Countries: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many members of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service work in the institutions and bodies of the EU.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	293643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>There are fewer than 5 Foreign Commonwealth Office members of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service working in the institutions and bodies of the EU.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/10/2019 15:45:20 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

637868

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Countries: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK nationals are employed in UK embassies in EU countries.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	53243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) employs around 200 UK-based staff in its bilateral Embassies to the Member States of the European Union. By law such staff must be UK nationals or dual nationals.</p><p>The FCO also employs around 1100 locally employed staff in these Embassies. Many are UK nationals or dual nationals but the FCO does not collect data centrally on their nationality.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/11/2016 17:52:32 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

641248

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2016
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Countries: Diplomatic Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans his Department has to increase its overseas diplomatic representation after the vote to leave the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	53941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>We are strengthening our European network of posts including by increasing the number of UK based staff posted, upgrading the seniority of a number of Heads of Mission jobs and increasing our representation in Geneva. We will continue to review staffing in the wider network as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 30/11/2016 16:57:29 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

849925

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Countries: Diplomatic Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL5413), whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will receive additional funds from HM Treasury to offset the £4.2 million cost of creating 50 new diplomatic posts in Europe.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL5879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The 50 new diplomatic positions we have created in Europe are being funded through internal reprioritisation. Our revised estimate for the cost of these positions is £4.1 million. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has secured additional funding from HM Treasury for EU Exit preparations and with this funding we are now in the process of creating more than 150 additional positions in London and the overseas network to support EU Exit. At the 2017 Autumn Budget, HM Treasury made another £1.5 billion of funding available for EU Exit preparations in 2018/19. We are currently working with the Treasury to determine our allocation for 2018/19 with the aim to agree this soon. The Treasury has committed to informing Parliament of these allocations once they are made.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/03/2018 17:02:42 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic

849927

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	EU Countries: Diplomatic Service
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 20 February (HL5413), what are the 50 new diplomatic posts being created in Europe, broken down by (1) country, (2) diplomatic post, (3) grade of post holder, and (4) whether the post is currently filled or vacant.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Helic
	uin	HL5881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The 50 new diplomatic positions we have created in Europe are to support the EU Exit process and to strengthen bilateral relationships with our European partners as we prepare for life outside of the EU. These positions are being deployed to our missions in Athens, Belgrade, Berlin, Berne, Bratislava, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dublin, Helsinki, Istanbul, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Luxembourg, Madrid, Oslo, Paris, Prague, Riga, Rome, Skopje, Sofia, Stockholm, Tallinn, The Hague, Tirana, Valletta, Vienna, Vilnius, Warsaw and Zagreb, as well as to the UK's Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels. Two positions are at SMS level, eight are at Band D level, and the remaining positions are at Band C level. These positions have been filled and all but two officers have now arrived at post. In addition to creating these new positions we have also upgraded 7 of our Ambassadors so that all of our Ambassadors in EU Member States are at the SMS level. We keep the size and structure of our diplomatic network under constant review to ensure it is appropriate for delivering UK objectives, and the number and grades of staff in particular locations may change over time as required.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/03/2018 17:35:09 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4331 label Biography information for Baroness Helic