Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many UK diplomatic staff are working on preparations for the 2020 United Nations Climate Change Conference, the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26).

All Heads of Mission have been instructed by the Foreign Secretary to make climate change and delivery of COP26 objectives a top priority and they are supported by around 216 UK diplomatic staff, 253 locally engaged staff and four regional COP26 ambassadors, based overseas and in the UK. In addition, a dedicated COP26 Unit of over 150 staff has been set up in the Cabinet Office to oversee preparations for COP26 and they work with other civil servants across Whitehall to deliver our objectives.