Question follow-through · 10186
Diplomatic Service: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing spouses of people sent on British diplomatic missions to continue working if (a) they work for a Government
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing spouses of people sent on British diplomatic missions to continue working if (a) they work for a Government
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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24 Oct 2024
Answer published
The FCDO supports the principle of spouses, partners or dependents overseas taking up employment outside the Mission, in accordance with the law of the receiving State. Where local laws or regulations impose restrictions on such employment, we encourage P...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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