Question follow-through · 104814

Crimes against Humanity

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in her Department work on atrocity prevention (a) as their primary role and (b) as part of their portfolio.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 12 Jan 2026
Target answer date: 14 Jan 2026
Answer: 19 Jan 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

12 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in her Department work on atrocity prevention (a) as their primary role and (b) as part of their portfolio.
14 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jan 2026
Answer published
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer provided in the House of Lords on 2 December 2025 in response to Question HL12019.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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