Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office written question – answered at on 3 March 2026.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate her Department has made of the value of property it owns overseas.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the estimated value of property owned by her Department overseas was in each year since 2021.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what is the total estimated cost of maintaining its assets overseas in each year since 2021.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any overseas assets are currently vacant.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many urgent repairs were requested across Foreign Office assets abroad in each year since 2015.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of the condition of its overseas estate on the delivery of diplomatic and consular functions.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether any overseas diplomatic properties are (a) under-occupied and (b) not used for front-line diplomatic and consular activity.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether her Department has made an assessment of the level of backlog in maintenance and urgent repairs across its overseas estate.
Calum Miller
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of whether the adequacy of levels of investment in overseas diplomatic property.
Seema Malhotra
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities), Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) continually reviews its global estate to maintain a world-class platform for promoting UK interests and maximising value for British taxpayers' money. On the specific questions raised by the Hon Member, I refer him to the extensive evidence gathered by the Public Accounts Committee during its recent inquiry into the cost of maintaining the UK's diplomatic estate, and to the official FCDO response to the Committee's report, both available at this link: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/9099/Cost-of-maintaining-the-FCDO-s-overseas-estate/publications
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