Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions

4 Jul 2026–16 Oct 2026 · year in progress

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Written questions

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Government Communication ServiceForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3763 and with reference to the Answer of of 19 January 2026 to Question 104195 on Government Communication Service: Staff, h
Answer: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Services has eight staff who are members of the Government Communication Network and no embedded communicators who are not counted as members of the Network. Wilton Park has three staff who are members o...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: MarketingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24166More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4161, on Government departments: marketing, how much has been spent on branded goods and merchandise by each of the departme
Answer: The requested data is not centrally held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 18 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Special AdvisersForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24148More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the answer of 3 June 2026, to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, how many delivery advisers have been appointed to date, broken down by (a) s
Answer: (a) Special Advisers: A list of special advisers is published each year in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.(b) The number of Direct Ministerial Appointees in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) appointed as delivery advisers is n...
Answered 18 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: EqualityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what specific diversity and inclusion (a) days, (b) weeks and (c) months, were recognised and marked by (i) the department and (ii) each of its agencies, in the calendar year
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) maintained a Diversity and Inclusion Calendar in 2025 which highlighted a range of voluntary observance days (42), weeks (23), and months (20). Those included - for example - Day of Persons with Disa...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: DatabasesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 10189, on Databases: EU law, if they will list the data and reporting requirements that the department must make to the Eur
Answer: The UK and EU share information and data as part of our broader cooperation on trade, economy, and security. The UK acts in accordance with the reporting and information sharing provisions set out in the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Withdrawal ...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flint GlobalForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 24087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary and (b) Ministers have had correspondence with Flint Global since July 2024.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: CommunicationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the outturn spending by the department on communications, marketing and advertising in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
Answer: The requested information is not centrally collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. All spending is subject to standard value for money assessments.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Unpaid WorkForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the answer of 8 July 2026 to Question 14349 on Civil Service: Temporary Employment, if he will list each of the internship schemes that have been made available in
Answer: Alongside the Summer Internship Programme, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has participated in the Care Leaver Internship Scheme during the last 12 months.The 2026 Summer Internship Programme was restricted to candidates from lower socio-...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Industrial DisputesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will list each industrial dispute live within his Department, including the nature of the dispute and level of industrial action.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is currently in industrial dispute with the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union in relation to the transformational restructure that is currently underway. To date this dispute has taken the form of ...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Facilities AgreementsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 24004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what was the total cost of facility time to the department in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Public and Commercial Services (PCS) branch can confirm that between September 2025 and August 2026, one member of staff had 50 per cent facility time in order to serve as a representative of FCDO PC...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Remote WorkingForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23982More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is the percentage office workplace attendance requirement in each of the department’s offices, broken down by location; and whether attendance statistics are collated fo
Answer: Staff whose roles are suitable for hybrid working are expected to attend their contractual workplace for a minimum of 60 per cent of their working time. Some roles require full-time workplace attendance, and exceptions may apply in individual circumstance...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Unpaid WorkForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any internship schemes managed by (a) his Department and (b) each of its Arm’s Length Bodies are restricted to applicants on the basis of (i) ethnicity, (ii) social c
Answer: Alongside the Summer Internship Programme, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has participated in the Care Leaver Internship Scheme during the last 12 months.The 2026 Summer Internship Programme was restricted to candidates from lower socio-...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Social MediaForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on social media influencers since July 2024.
Answer: The requested data is not centrally held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Senior Civil ServantsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many departmental Senior Civil Service away days have taken place in calendar year 2026 to date; in what specific venues; at what cost; and if there was any associated so
Answer: The requested information is not centrally collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 9 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Mayor of Greater ManchesterForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.
Answer: We have received three letters from the former Mayor of Greater Manchester and one letter from the present Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.
Answered 16 Sept 2026
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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 23889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's London headquarters.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is going through a period of change. This estimate is based on the previous confirmed number of colleagues assigned to King Charles Street (KCS) taken in 2024 and the ratio of desks to staff at tha...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
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Department for Business and Trade	3
Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade	16
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport	22
Department for Education	16
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	16
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	19
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	3
Department for Transport	15
Department for Work and Pensions	17
Department of Health and Social Care	18
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	16
Home Office	16
Ministry of Defence	16
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	18
Ministry of Justice	16
Northern Ireland Office	15
Public Accounts Commission	5
Scotland Office	15
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission	4
Treasury	28
Wales Office	16
Women and Equalities	16

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