Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many UK ambassadors are in post; and how many of those ambassadors are (a) women and (b) black, Asian or minority ethnic.

​Of the 193 Heads of Mission, Heads of Post and Governors, 57 are women; 11 are black, Asian or minority ethnic (based on a 98% reporting rate).