Diplomatic Service

(asked on 4th September 2025) - View Source
Questioner
Mike Wood Portrait
Mike Wood
(Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many (a) ambassadors and (b) high commissioners are not (a) civil servants and (b) members of the Diplomatic Service.

Answered by
Seema Malhotra Portrait
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 17th September 2025

All those appointed to Ambassador or High Commissioner roles are appointed as civil servants.

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