To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many of his Department's staff he plans to work on conducting negotiations with the EU after Article 50 has been triggered.
Answered on
16 January 2017
The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU) under Rt Hon David Davis is the lead department supporting the Prime Minister in her negotiations for leaving the EU. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office also has a key role to play, and staff in the FCO's Europe Directorate lead on providing advice to FCO Ministers on EU-related issues. Staff in other Directorates in London, as well as in our diplomatic missions around the world, can also work on EU-related issues. Their work will support negotiations after Article 50 has been invoked.