Question follow-through · 17706

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 10 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 14 Jul 2026
Answer: 16 Jul 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, other than special advisers if her Department has appointed anyone from outside the civil service since July 2024.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has conducted open recruitment exercises for a large number of posts at all levels since July 2024, which has often meant appointing individuals from outside the civil service.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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