Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials in his Department in (a) the UK and (b) overseas work solely on the British Indian Ocean Territory.
Staffing numbers can fluctuate; at the moment there are 7 officials working full time across the FCDO network on a range of issues relating to the British Indian Ocean Territory. Additional officials work most or part of their time on issues relating to the British Indian Ocean Territory.