Question follow-through · 27002

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Overseas Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of all posts and locations currently classified as qualifying hardship posts for the purpose of additional journeys for staff posted overseas.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
3 Sept 2026
Target answer date
7 Sept 2026
Answer
10 Sept 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Sept 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a list of all posts and locations currently classified as qualifying hardship posts for the purpose of additional journeys for staff posted overseas.

  2. 7 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the Rt Hon Member to the response provided on 29 July to question HL2091.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.

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