Question follow-through · 19124
Civil Servants: Overseas Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total expenditure on additional journeys for civil servants serving at qualifying hardship posts has been since 4 July 2024, broken down by department.
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
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 7 Sept 2026 · 54 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the total expenditure on additional journeys for civil servants serving at qualifying hardship posts has been since 4 July 2024, broken down by department.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Sept 2026
Answer published
The requested data is not centrally held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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