Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Social Media

(asked on 15th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many people in his Department with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.


Answered by
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Mark Field
This question was answered on 23rd November 2017

​The Foreign and Commonwealth Office encourages all staff to make full use of the opportunities provided by social media support the delivery of FCO objectives as outlined in FCO social media guidance published on GOV.UK.

There is a small digital team In London whose roles include producing communications material for social media, providing consular assistance online, training and evaluation as well as other communications tasks.

Overseas small digital hubs in five locations provide training and advice in effective use of social media as part of their work. Communication roles at Post, as well as those of Heads and Deputy Heads of Mission, and various operation roles will often have some responsibility for using social media as part of their work where using digital comms helps deliver our objectives.

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