Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been any change of policy by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the flying of flags by British embassies.

It is the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)’s long-standing policy to fly the Union flag, national flags and the flags of Overseas Territories (on relevant days). The Union flag always takes priority and is flown from the FCO’s main flag pole at all times. It is never substituted by another flag.

At our overseas posts the Union flag always takes precedence.