Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December to Question 97711, how many of his staff will be deployed to the Pacific Development Unit.
The Pacific Development Unit will be based at the British High Commission in Canberra. Detailed staffing data at this level is not recorded centrally and we cannot disclose accurate figures at this time.
Recruitment is currently underway for new roles for this unit, and the first UK-based officer will arrive in early 2023.