Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, purusant to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53467 on Indo-Pacific Region: Deployment, how many personnel from (a) the Government and (b) his Department were deployed to the region in each year since 2010.

The Integrated Review, published in March 2021, affirmed the UK's increased focus and long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is continuing to increase its presence in recognition of the importance of this region to UK interests. The UK's increased focus on the region is a whole of Government effort with many departments deploying staff onto the FCDO-led overseas platform which our posts in the region represent.

PQ 30086 answered on 7 July provided details of UK-based personnel deployed by the FCDO (including officials seconded by other government departments via FCDO to UK posts in the region) to the Indo-Pacific region in each year since 2014. Data prior to 2014 is not held. The FCDO does not report on the specific numbers of staff from other UK Government Departments. Each UK Government Department is responsible for reporting on the deployment of their own staff.