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Religious Freedom

Question for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

UIN 134207, tabled on 26 March 2018

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many posts there are in his Department relating to policy on freedom of religion or belief.

Answered on

29 March 2018

​Many departments within the FCO promote freedom of religion and belief as part of their work. The same is true of staff at Embassies and High Commissions overseas. It is therefore not possible to give an exact figure for the number of staff working on this issue.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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