Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 84231

Diplomatic Service: Public Appointments

Tabled: 22 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

Mike Wood

Conservative — Kingswinford and South Staffordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77564 on Lord Mandelson, if she will publish her Department's HR guidance on the process to be followed once a head of m

Answer

Seema Malhotra
HR procedures routinely draw from a range of established diplomatic protocols and policies.