Embassies: Operating Costs

(asked on 12th October 2026) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will provide the annual running cost of each UK embassy, high commission and other overseas mission; and the number of UK-based and locally engaged staff employed at each post.


Answered by
Uma Kumaran Portrait
Uma Kumaran
Assistant Whip
This question was answered on 19th October 2026

The requested data is not centrally held by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

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