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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Inter Mediate

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 5 February 2026UIN 108231

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2025, to Question 69770, if he will publish information on meetings held with officials.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) already publishes quarterly transparency data on the external meetings held by the department's permanent under secretaries, directors general, and finance and commercial directors. Publishing comprehensive lists of all the external meetings held by every member of FCDO staff based in the UK and overseas could only be done at disproportionate cost.

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