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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff in her Department have (a) office-based, (b) hybrid and (c) remote-working contracts.

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 20 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 24 Feb 2026
Answer: 3 Mar 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff in her Department have (a) office-based, (b) hybrid and (c) remote-working contracts.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office employs approximately 17,500 staff across hundreds of locations worldwide, many of which operate with locally managed HR arrangements and procedures. The information the Hon Member has requested is therefor...

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