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Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 123742, tabled on 1 December 2020

Question

Rachel Hopkins
Labour
Luton South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK based staff working for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in France and Belgium that may experience reductions in their gross annual income from 1 January 2021.

Answer

Johnny Mercer
Conservative
Plymouth, Moor View
Commons

Answered on

7 December 2020

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is actively supporting those personnel who are working on UK-based contracts within the European Union (EU), to ensure that new arrangements are in place before the transition period from exiting the EU ends in 2021. Discussions are ongoing and the Commission is committed to ensuring that its personnel have a choice of remaining in the EU on appropriate local terms or returning to work in the UK. There are 30 UK personnel employed by the Commission who are permanently based in Belgium and France, as part of a wider workforce of around 550.

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