Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department’s publication of spending over £500 with a Government procurement card, how many members of staff received training from Be Mindfully on (a) 8 March 2021, (b) 9 February 2022; (c) 15 March 2022 and (d) 22 August 2022; and for what purpose that training was required.

This represents professional development courses for three staff members at the British Consulate in New York. Expenditure was subject to normal FCDO controls and an appropriate use of public money.