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Departmental Structure
Mr. Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what definition of the terms (a) directorate, (b) section, (c) unit and (d) team he uses in relation to his Department's internal structures. [221235]
Mr. Straw: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not have specific definitions for the terms directorate, section, unit and team. However, guidance issued to staff on 6 August 2004 in the context of continuing organisational change is that the long-term aim should be consistency across the Office, while accepting in the short-term this may not be possible.
With the exception of the Strategy Units the term Unit will only be used to describe a temporary operation.
Changes can be phased in over time.
Mr. Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the sections, teams and units within his Department's Europe Directorate. [221237]
Mr. MacShane: The answer is as follows:
Northern and Eastern European Team
EU—EASTERN ADRIATIC DEPARTMENT
Justice and Home Affairs/Global Migration Team
EU Economic, Ireland and Central Europe Team
Mr. Davidson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the directorates and sections within his Department. [221236]
Mr. Straw: The Directorates and Sections operating within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are:
Americas and Overseas Territories Directorate
Defence and Strategic Threats Directorate
International Security Directorate
Middle East / North Africa Directorate
South Asia and Afghanistan Directorate
Strategy and Information Directorate
Some Departments report directly to a Director General or the Permanent Under Secretary.
Other parts of the organisation which do not form part of the directorate structure are:
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