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UK Mission to the EU: Consultants

Commons · Question 25919 · Tabled 22 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 30 Jan 2025

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Asked by James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many consultants were employed by UK missions to the EU to manage (a) trade and (b) regulatory issues in the financial year (i) 2022-23 and (ii) 2023-24; what the cost of

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Answered by Stephen Doughty, 30 Jan 2025

The UK Mission to the EU has approximately 67 Full Time Equivalent staff working on economic diplomacy: these are primarily related to managing regulatory issues and promoting trade. Resources of other missions supporting the devolved administrations are ...