Question follow-through · 83336
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Catering
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of (a) tableware and (b) crockery used in (i) his Department and (ii) British Embassies and Consulates is made by a British manufacturer.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 20 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of (a) tableware and (b) crockery used in (i) his Department and (ii) British Embassies and Consulates is made by a British manufacturer.
22 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2025
Answer published
The requested information is not centrally collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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