Diplomatic Service: Expenditure
Commons · Question 57639 · Tabled 5 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
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
Answered by Catherine West, 11 Jun 2025
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...