Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, further to the answer of 3 June 2026, to Question 3339, on Special Advisers: Public Appointments, how many delivery advisers have been appointed to date, broken down by (a) special advisers, (b) Direct Ministerial Appointments, (c) civil servants appointed by exception, and (d) permanent civil servants appointed through open competition.

(a) Special Advisers: A list of special advisers is published each year in the Annual Report on Special Advisers.

(b) The number of Direct Ministerial Appointees in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) appointed as delivery advisers is nil.

(c) The number of civil servants appointed in the FCDO as delivery advisers by exception is nil.

(d) The number of permanent civil servants appointed in the FCDO through open competition as delivery advisers is nil.