Question follow-through · 15811
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Commonwealth
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many visits by ministers in her department have been made to Commonwealth member states in each of the last five years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 3 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
3 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many visits by ministers in her department have been made to Commonwealth member states in each of the last five years.
7 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jul 2026
Answer published
Details of ministerial overseas visits are routinely published in each department's quarterly transparency releases.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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