PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Diplomatic Service: Labour Turnover (8 February 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many Ambassadors and High Commissioners have left posts with his Department and subsequently been re-appointed as an official or consultant since 2010.

Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)

​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold information on the numbers of Ambassadors and High Commissioners that have left posts and subsequently been re-appointed as an official or consultant. This information cannot be provided without exceeding the disproportionate cost threshold.

Answered by:
Sir Alan Duncan (Conservative)
20 February 2018