Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many complaints of sexual harassment in his Department have been (a) formally reported and (b) upheld in each year since 2010.

Bullying or harassment is never tolerated in the department and any reported incidents are investigated as a priority. There have been 3 sexual harassment complaints made by FCO employees against other employees since 2010. Of these, 2 complaints have been upheld. The breakdown of cases by year is as follows:
• 2010 – 0
• 2011 – 0
• 2012 – 1 (not upheld)
• 2013 – 2
• 2014 – 0 </form>