Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 57639

Diplomatic Service: Expenditure

Tabled: 5 June 2025
Answered: 11 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Rachael Maskell

Labour (Co-op)York Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department spends on diplomacy (a) in numerical terms and (b) as a proportion of gross value added each year.

Answer

Catherine West
Diplomacy is at the heart of all Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) activity, both in the UK and overseas. It is not possible for the FCDO to accurately present a numerical cost of diplomacy, nor the proportion of gross value added each y...

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