European External Action Service
(asked on 20th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British nationals serve as EU Ambassadors or heads of mission in the European External Action Service; and how many of them are employed (1) directly, and (2) on secondment, from Her Majesty’s Government.
This question was answered on 6th March 2018
In October 2017 the European External Action Service (EEAS) informed us that there were four British Heads of Delegations. Of these, one was posted from the UK civil service on a temporary agent contract, and three were permanent officials of the EEAS.