Question follow-through · 87386
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in her Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by the grade of those staff.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 3 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 10 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
3 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in her Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by the grade of those staff.
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Nov 2025
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer provided on 6 November in response to Question 86710.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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