United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 95932
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Languages
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24 November 2022
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in his Department speak at least one of the following languages (a) Cantonese, (b) Hokkien, (c) a Turkic language spoken in China, or (d) Tibetan.
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24 November 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff in his Department speak at least one of the following languages (a) Cantonese, (b) Hokkien, (c) a Turkic language spoken in China, or (d) Tibetan.
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30 November 2022
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The FCDO currently has fewer than 5 UK based staff with valid FCDO qualification in Cantonese. We have no UK based staff with valid FCDO qualifications in Hokkien, Turkic languages spoken in China or Tibetan. We do not hold figures on staff who speak lang...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-11-24/95932
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1545448
- uk · wq-1545448 · source updated 30 November 2022