Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2026 to question 35911, what the cost per grade was of settling legal actions arising out of the dismissal of Senior Civil Servants in Grades (a) 5, (b) 6 and (c) 7 in (i) 2024, (ii) 2025 and (iii) 2026 to date broken down into (A) legal costs incurred and (B) compensation paid.

The Department does not disclose information where the numbers involved are sufficiently small that publication could lead to the identification of individual human resources (HR) cases.