Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question HL2411 on FCDO: Flags, how much has been spent on lighting up his Department’s buildings in relevant colours since 5 July 2024; and on what (a) occasions and (b) dates.

The FCDO's joint headquarters at King Charles Street in London and Abercrombie House in East Kilbride have been illuminated with coloured lighting on 3 occasions since 5 July 2024. These occasions were: in support of Southport victims (3-4 August, lit in pink); Red Wednesday (20 November, lit red); the state visit of the president of South Korea (21-22 November, lit red, white and blue). There is no direct cost to lighting our buildings, as they are programmed through existing lighting systems. Other FCDO buildings in the UK are not ordinarily illuminated, although our Hanslope Park site, near Milton Keynes, might occasionally be lit on the same dates as our headquarters.