Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 119205
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Recruitment
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any civil servants hired by her Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
Answer
Seema MalhotraThe Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office recruits on the basis of fair and open competition in line with the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles, as it did throughout the period of the previous administration. There has been no chang...
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