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date	09/07/2014
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	Secondment
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 staff of his Department have been seconded to (a) other Ministries of Foreign Affairs and (b) international organisations in each year since 2010; and to which (i) other Ministries of Foreign Affairs and (ii) international organisations such staff have been seconded.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) staff can be seconded to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) or international organisations on agreement between the Directorate, Post and the MFA or international organisations. These secondments are a valuable tool for the FCO to meet objectives, increase ties with partner governments or international organisations and develop staff skills and experience.</p><p>There is no centrally held record of each of these secondments since 2010 and to answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/07/2014 11:10:07 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76783

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Secondment
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 secondees from which other Ministries of Foreign Affairs his Department has received in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Foreign Service Officers from other Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) are seconded to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) on agreement between the Directorate, Post and MFA. These secondments are a valuable tool for the FCO to meet objectives and increase ties with partner governments.</p><p>There is no centrally held record of each of these secondments since 2010 and to answer this question would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/07/2014 11:12:41 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore

76784

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the cost was of his Department's Black and Minority Ethnic campaign.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Sheila Gilmore
uin	204743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spent £21,968 on the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Campaign in the financial year 2013-14, excluding staff costs. We expect to spend a further £20,000 in financial Year 2014-2015.</p><p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all its employees. Further diversity and equality information is available from the FCO's Diversity and Equality Report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 17/07/2014 09:01:05 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	3965 label Biography information for Sheila Gilmore