Question follow-through · 128094

Diplomatic Service: Vetting

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many currently serving Ambassadors have been appointed despite failing their security vetting.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 17 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 22 Apr 2026
Answer: 22 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

17 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many currently serving Ambassadors have been appointed despite failing their security vetting.
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2026
Answer published
Subject to the normal vetting process, all Heads of Mission are required to have Developed Vetting security clearance.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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