Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he is taking steps to mitigate the effect of the increases to the dependent’s fee on British expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement.

We understand the dependency fees, introduced by the Government of Saudi Arabia in July 2017, have had an impact on expatriate workers in Saudi Arabia. Taxation policy is a matter for the Saudi Arabian authorities.