Letter to the Chair of the Committee from
the Rt Hon William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs and First Secretary of State
DEVELOPMENTS IN
UK FOREIGN POLICY
Thank you for your note of 26 July asking for
written evidence before my appearance before your committee on
8 September. Your original questions are shown below in bold followed
by my responses.
1. What concrete things do you want to achieve
as Foreign Secretary by 2015? What milestones have you in mind
on the way to your key goals?
We have set out to pursue a distinctive British
foreign policy that builds up the UK's global influence, that
is active and activist in Europe and around the world and that
promotes the UK's national interest while working with other countries
and strengthening the rules-based international system in support
of our values. By 2015 we therefore hope to have achieved visibly
strengthened bilateral relationships for Britain with a number
of key countries including India, Turkey, Brazil the Gulf States.
Over the next five years we will use the National Security Council
framework to elevate relationships with individual countries in
a systematic fashion across the board, in areas such as health,
education and commerce as well as diplomacy. This work is discussed
in more detail in the answer to question 2 below. We believe this
approach will benefit the British economy and support successful
multilateral action against nuclear proliferation and climate
change as well as effective UK diplomacy in regions that affect
UK interests.
We are also ambitious about what the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office can achieve. By 2015 we also wish to see
an FCO that leads foreign policy thinking across the whole of
Government, that makes a first class contribution to the work
of the National Security Council, that has a sharpened commercial
focus and that successfully promotes British interests overseas
through the UK's overseas network.
My Ministerial colleagues and I also wish to
see a Foreign Office that is a strong institution for the future,
in 2015 and beyond; continuing to attract the most talented entrants
from diverse backgrounds, and home to, and in future years placing
a greater emphasis on geographic expertise, counter-terrorism
and counter-proliferation and experience of working in difficult
countries overseas as well as management and leadership ability.
We want to play a highly active and activist
role in the European Union.
We want to see the EU bill we will bring before
the House later this autumn become law next year, to strengthen
the democratic accountability of EU decision-making in this country.
We want the EU's agenda to focus on the areas
we believe should be the EU's priorities for delivery over the
next few years: on energy security, climate change and, above
all, on improving the growth and competitiveness of European economies.
A new multi-annual EU budget needs to be agreed
for the years from 2014, and is important that it reflects the
straightened circumstances most EU countries find themselves in.
By 2015 we hope to see the European External
Action Service set firmly on a course that complements and supplements
the execution of our foreign policy and does not interfere with
it. It is in our national interest that the countries of the EU
become more effective at using their collective weight in the
world and addressing challenges such as energy security and the
Western Balkans.
We will ensure that there is no further transfer
of competence from Britain to the EU.
2. As you know, we hope to hold evidence
sessions with you on "Developments in UK foreign policy"
once every six months or so. What are the Foreign Office's immediate
priorities (between now and spring 2011) in terms of both policy
and administration? What measures/markers will be put in place
in order to determine whether these priorities have been achieved?
We will pursue an active and activist foreign
policy, working with other countries and strengthening the rules-based
international system in support of our values to:
— Safeguard Britain's national security
by countering terrorism and weapons proliferation, and working
to reduce conflict.
— Build Britain's prosperity by increasing
exports and investment, opening markets, ensuring access to resources,
and promoting sustainable global growth.
— Support British nationals around the
world through modern and efficient consular services.
These are the overarching priorities that will
guide the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
SPECIFIC FOREIGN
POLICY ISSUES
Afghanistan remains the most important foreign
policy priority for the Government. Our aim is to ensure that
Afghanistan will not again become a haven for international terrorists
who threaten our security. We will continue to work with our NATO
allies in ISAF to confront the insurgency, while promoting coalition
cohesion and burden sharing. The Lisbon NATO summit in November
will be a key assessment point and will feed into the US review
of Afghanistan policy at the end of the year. We will also continue
to work with our Afghan partners to improve their ability to take
on an increasing share of the security burden and to provide proper
and appropriate governance to the Afghan people. This will be
in line with commitments made at the London and Kabul conferences
earlier this year, now known as the Kabul process, in which the
Parliamentary elections in September will be an important milestone.
In Pakistan, the UK's immediate priority is
to support the Government in addressing the flooding, helping
to minimise the humanitarian impact and supporting longer term
stability and growth. We will also continue to deepen the relationship
with Pakistan through a refreshed strategic dialogue and work
with Pakistan to tackle militancy in the border areas and elsewhere.
The Middle East will also be a priority over
the next six months. We are working to elevate our political,
economic, commercial and defence relationships with the Gulf States.
We also aim to relaunch the Friends of Yemen process in September,
looking to work with President Saleh and Gulf partners to support
Yemen in taking the reforms necessary to meet its economic, political
and security challenges. On Iran, we will implement the significant
EU sanctions package agreed in July and continue to exert concerted
diplomatic pressure to persuade Iran to engage positively with
the E3+3 process. We will engage with the new government in Iraq,
when formed, to deepen ties and help build stability. We welcome
the launch of direct talks on the Middle East Peace Process on
2 September. The UK will do all it can to support the parties
and buttress these important talks, working with the United States,
the EU and our other international partners. We will also continue
to press to ensure full implementation of the steps Israel announced
on 20 June to ease restrictions on Gaza.
The Government will build on the Prime Minister's
successful visit to Washington in July and the working relationships
that I and my ministerial colleagues have established with our
US opposite numbers. We will continue to exchange analysis and
thinking and to work closely with the US in all areas of shared
interest. We will also promote the UK's commercial goals in the
US, working for tax and regulatory policies that are in the interests
of UK businesses.
Over the next six months we will work intensively
on UK relationships with key emerging powers. I will build on
the Prime Minister's successful visit to India to embed the enhanced
partnership with India. This will include deepening our cooperation
on trade, in particular supporting early conclusion of the EU/India
Free Trade Agreement, education, and climate, working with other
Government departments (more detail in answer 13 below).
Strengthening our commercial relationship with
China will be a particular priority, including progress on market
access. We will work with China, including within the G20 to ensure
a sustained, stable and balanced global recovery, promoting better
regulation, an open global trading system, low carbon development
and international action to prevent dangerous climate change.
We will support China's process of modernisation and internal
reform, including pressing for more progress on human rights,
which we judge to be in China's and the UK's interests. All of
these will feature as themes of the next UK-China Summit, scheduled
for early November. I will also work to build our other bilateral
relationships in East Asia.
We will work to intensify our relationship with
Brazil over the next six months across a broad agenda including
the commercial opportunities related to Rio's infrastructure development
for the 2016 Olympics and the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil.
The Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills represented
the UK at the Joint Economic and Trade Committee (JETCO) meeting
in Sao Paulo at the end of August and we will seek to establish
a UK/Brazil CEO Forum.
We hope that the G20 Seoul Summit in November
will commit to financial regulatory reform with a target date
for implementation, economic cooperation under the G20's Framework
for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth as well as action
to address the development needs of low income countries through
multi-year targets. I will also work to put multilateral negotiations
back on track to conclude an ambitious Doha trade round.
We will also work across Government to re-inject
momentum into global efforts to combat climate change. We want
to see the UNFCCC negotiations in Cancun in November/December
2010 agree practical measures to help limit global warming to
two degrees and to build the foundations for a comprehensive global
agreement on climate change.
On EU matters, we will bring an EU bill before
the House later this autumn. We are already engaging with our
fellow EU member countries and EU institutions on what we see
as the EU's priorities and that engagement will continue intensively.
We have before us a number of pieces of legislation on financial
services being considered at the European level. They are of great
importance to our economy and we are working extremely closely
with the Treasury to ensure that they reflect Britain's interests
and advance our broader priority of promoting growth and competitiveness
across the EU.
Now that the European External Action Service
has been established, we want to support Cathy Ashton in her efforts
to take its work forward in ways that complement and supplement,
but do not compete with, Member States' foreign policy priorities.
We want the best British candidates to be successful in a merit-based
appointment process, for the service to bear down on costs in
a way that reflects the tightening of public expenditure across
the EU, and for the EEAS to respect fully member state competences
consistent with the Lisbon Treaty.
The EU's finances are an important item on the
EU's agenda in the near future. Again, the FCO is working very
closely with our colleagues in the Treasury. We must agree the
EU's annual budget for 2011. This is going to be a difficult issue.
We are working within the overall multi-annual framework agreed
in December 2005, a framework that does not reflect where we are
now economically, and the budget will be decided by QMV. We also
begin preparing discussions on the next multi-annual EU budget
framework. This will begin with the Commission's EU budget review.
We expect that to be published later this month. We are disappointed
by the delay in that publication. We expect this to be a difficult
process, but it is important for the EU's credibility that, when
across Europe governments are having to tighten their belts, the
EU tightens its belt too.
The FCO will continue to support British nationals
around the world through modern and efficient consular services.
Over the next six months, we will:
— work to achieve successful merger of
the FCO and Home Office passport operations by 1 April 2011. After
more than 20 years of running separate passport services, the
Identity and Passport Service will take over responsibility for
issuing passports to British nationals overseas as well as at
home to reduce costs and increase security;
— continue to bear down on our costs as
part of the Government's priority to bring the public finances
back into balance. By 1 April 2011 we will have cut 110 jobs as
part of a plan to downsize the consular service by 25% by 1 April
2013; and
— deliver the early priorities of the new
2010-13 Consular Strategy in four areas: to improve the quality
of service we provide our citizens by using their feedback more
effectively; to invest in our staff to sustain professionalism
and encourage those on the frontline to take decisions; to strengthen
our network by using different types of consular representation,
new technologies, partnerships and by using resources more flexibly;
and to achieve greater clarity and control over consular finances.
My key priorities on the administration side
are to conclude the Spending Review to deliver a sustainable FCO
and allocating resources within the FCO for maximum impact and
efficiency; and to agree a new Business Plan to deliver the Coalition
Priorities and the outcomes of the Strategic Defence and Security
review and the Spending Round. That work includes continuing the
existing, and establishing a new, aggressive efficiencies programme—not
least in the Administration itself. The FCO will also be working
up an implementation plan for the Estates Strategy to respond
to the NAO report earlier this year and maintain an effective
global network for the whole of Government.
Like other Government Departments we are drafting
a Business Plan, which will be reviewed by Treasury and the Efficiency
and Reform Group. The Business Plan will contain measures of success,
which will be cascaded down through the organisation into unit
business plans.
APPOINTMENTS
3. Please give a complete list of FCO Special
Representatives and Envoys currently in post, with details of
their responsibilities and their terms of reference. Are there
currently any plans to create any more such posts?
Special Representatives are appointed at the
discretion of the Foreign Secretary. The four Special Representative
positions were established under the last government and confirmed
by the Foreign Secretary. The Post-Holocaust Envoy is a new appointment.
They are appointed to provide strategic advice to ministers, to
increase British influence internationally and to help co-ordinate
cross-Whitehall policy.
There are no plans to create any more such positions.
The Special Representatives and Envoy are:
Mr John Ashton, Special Representative for Climate
Change;
Sir Andrew Burns, UK Envoy for post-Holocaust
issues;
Michael Ryder, UK Special Representative for
Sudan;
Sir Brian Fall, UK Special Representative for
the South Caucasus; and
Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Special Representative
for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sir Sherard has been on leave during
the summer. Karen Pierce has been filling the role.
4. Has any evaluation been carried out of
the work of FCO Special Representatives and Envoys? If so, please
supply details.
There has been no formal evaluation of the work
of FCO Special Representatives and Envoys. But regular assessments
of the activities of individual representatives are carried out
by the FCO Directorates in whose areas of responsibility the representative's
work falls, for example as part of regular reviews during the
annual business planning cycle.
FCO PRIORITIES
5. We understand that the new Government
has abolished its predecessor's framework of Public Service Agreements
(PSAs) and Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs), and that
Departments are now to have Structural Reform Plans (SRPs). These
are currently being published in draft form and will be finalised
after publication of the Comprehensive Spending Review. When will
the FCO's draft SRP be published? Will the SRP contain formal
priorities or objectives for the FCO? If so, will they be linked
to a formal system of performance reporting and measurement like
the previous PSAs and DSOs? If the SRP will not contain formal
objectives, is the Government or Foreign Secretary otherwise formulating
or publishing a set of priorities or objectives for the FCO, over
and above the points you are setting out in your series of four
keynote speeches?
I have replaced the Departmental Strategic Objectives
(DSOs) with three new three foreign policy priorities. Britain
will pursue an active and activist foreign policy, working with
other countries and strengthening the rules-based international
system in support of our values to:
— Safeguard Britain's national security
by countering terrorism and weapons proliferation and working
to reduce conflict.
— Build Britain's prosperity by increasing
exports and investment, opening markets, ensuring access to resources,
and promoting sustainable global growth.
— Support British nationals around the
world through modern and efficient consular services.
These will feature prominently in the forthcoming
FCO's Departmental Business Plan, one element of which will be
the Structural Reform Plan, and a reformed Business Planning framework
to deliver them. This is work in process, and we aim to publish
further details in the autumn.
FCO FINANCES AND
THE CSR
6. The FCO is contributing £55 million
towards the £6 billion in cuts announced by the new Government
on 24 May. On 29 June, you announced cuts of over £18 million
in the FCO's programme spend. What specific cuts are you making
to other areas of FCO spending in order to make up the £55
million figure?
The Government has made it clear that our most
urgent priority is to tackle the UK's deficit in order to restore
confidence in our economy and support the recovery. The review
of our Strategic Programme funds led to a significant contribution
to the required savings. We are finding the remaining savings
from a number of areas; from the government's spending moratorium,
reduced consultancy spend, savings on procurement, reduced capital
spend and asset sales. The British Council and the BBC World Service
have also agreed to contribute to meeting a share of the cut.
By reprioritising the FCO's overall spending
we will seek to ensure that these reductions will not adversely
impact the services provided to UK citizens abroad and that we
retain a global network of Posts in order best to promote the
interests of the UK overseas including our work on increasing
Britain's prosperity and security.
7. We understand that some FCO spending already
counts towards the UK's official overseas development spending.
How much, and what, FCO spending counts in this way? What proportion
of the UK's current official overseas development spending comes
from the FCO's budget?
In 2009-10, £137 million of FCO expenditure
was assessed as ODA, about 2% of total UK ODA. This expenditure
included:
— some Strategic Programme Funds, including
those supporting action on climate change, governance and human
rights, and capacity building in ODA-eligible countries;
— internationally-agreed proportions of
UK contributions to the UN regular budget, and to the Commonwealth
Fund and the Commonwealth Small States Office; and
— a proportion of the FCO's Grant-in-aid
to the British Council.
The FCO delivers ODA-eligible work in around
100 countries, including preventing conflict, strengthening political
and economic governance and accountability,and capacity building.
FCO and DFID are reviewing the FCO's ODA scoring methodology to
ensure that this work is fully captured and consistent with the
OECD's guidelines for ODA scoring.
8. You will be aware that, in its Report
on the FCO's 2008-09 Departmental Annual Report, the previous
FAC recommended that "the Overseas Price Mechanism should
be re-established, or an alternative mechanism put in place to
protect the FCO from suffering severe financial consequences"
as a result of exchange-rate fluctuations. As part of the current
Comprehensive Spending Review, is the FCO discussing with its
Treasury colleagues the possibility of restoring the OPM, or of
establishing a similar alternative mechanism?
This matter is under discussion at present.
Further information will be available in due course.
THE FCO'S OVERSEAS
NETWORK
9. To enable effective scrutiny of the FCO's
decisions on the shape of its overseas network, on 8 September
and beyond, we would be grateful if the FCO could tell us, for
all UN Member States (plus such other territories as are relevant),
whether it has a sovereign Post there and if not, when the sovereign
Post was closed (if relevant); whether the FCO has any subordinate
Post(s) there; whether DFID has an office there and if so, whether
it is co-located with the FCO Post; and whether the UK has a resident
Ambassador/High Commissioner there, and if not, which Ambassador/High
Commissioner is accredited. This information might be most easily
presented in the form of a table, with the following headings:
Country/Territory—Sovereign Post Y/N?—If none,
closed when?—Subordinate Post(s) Y/N?—DFID office
Y/N?—If yes, co-located with FCO Y/N?—Resident Ambassador/High
Commissioner Y/N?—If none, which Ambassador/High Commissioner
is accredited?
It would also be helpful if the FCO could state
the total number of overseas Posts which it currently maintains
(sovereign and subordinate Posts, including representations/delegations
to international organisations).
A. The table below summarises the number of Posts
we have in our overseas network. Further details on individual
Posts can be found at Annex "A".
OVERSEAS NETWORK
SUMMARY
| Total Number of United Nation Member States (UNMS)
| 192 |
| Total Number of UNMS with FCO sovereign posts (bilateral posts in capitals with resident UK Head of Mission)
| 140 |
| Total Number of UNMS with cross-accredited representation (non-resident UK Head of Mission)
| 52 |
| Total Number of UNMS with no FCO sovereign post or cross-accreditation
| 0 |
| Total Number of UNMS with DfiD Representation
| 44 |
| Total Number of Subordinate Posts (bilateral posts outside capitals)
| 96 |
| Total number of Overseas Territories with resident Governor
| 9 |
| Total Number of Delegations to international Organisations
| 9 |
| Total Number of FCO posts | 254
|
THE FCO AND
NATIONAL SECURITY
10. In your 1 July speech you referred to the National
Security Council, not the FCO, as the key forum that ensures that
"foreign policy runs through the veins of the entire administration";
but you also said that the FCO "has not been encouraged to
be ambitious enough in articulating and leading Britain's efforts
overseas and foreign policy thinking across Government."
Is there not a potential contradiction between seeking a stronger
role for the FCO within Whitehall compared to the previous Government,
and the creation of a substantial new security policy-making machinery
in the Cabinet Office?
The National Security Council provides for the first time
an effective mechanism to bring together strategic decisions about
foreign affairs, security, defence and development and to align
national objectives in these areas. It does not replace decision
making in departments but ensures that these decisions are brought
aligned where appropriate and that they support clear national
objectives. It is right and practical that the Secretariat which
supports the Council and coordinates its work is based in the
Cabinet Office, particularly as the Council covers domestic as
well as international security issues. This is entirely consistent
with the FCO articulating and leading Britain's efforts overseas
and foreign policy thinking across government, with Secretaries
of State deciding the strategic direction in the National Security
Council, for example through the Strategic Defence and Security
Review.
11. How will the FCO relate to and work with the National
Security Council in practical terms (preparation of papers, contact
between staff, internal FCO structures, etc)?
I want the FCO to be ambitious in articulating and leading
foreign policy thinking across the Government. The FCO has led
the Foreign Policy agenda of the NSC. With papers on a wide range
of priorities including India, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In practical
terms, the FCO has a core team of staff acting as an interface
with the National Security Council's Secretariat in the Cabinet
Office, managing the FCO's internal procedures to ensure that
papers get to the people who need to see them, and ensuring that
FCO contributions to the Council have maximum impact. Policy departments
across the FCO take the lead in preparing for Council discussion
of subjects for which they are responsible, including liaising
with colleagues across government. These arrangements are working
well, although they will continue to evolve as the Council's work
develops.
12. In your speech of 1 July, you called the Strategic
Defence and Security Review "a fundamental reappraisal of
Britain's place in the world and how we operate within it as well
as of the capability we need to protect our security." In
concrete terms, how is the FCO contributing to the SDSR process?
In that process, what is the FCO saying that the UK needs to be
able to do, in terms of acting internationally to ensure its security?
The Defence Secretary told the House of Commons on 21 June
that the starting point for the SDSR would be the UK's foreign
policy priorities. (HC Hansard 21 June 2010 col 61) FCO
has played a lead role in setting the context for the Review through
its work on the changing threats and opportunities the UK faces.
In concrete terms, this has meant intensive contact between officials
in the FCO, NSC and other departments, and between Ministers,
setting out the FCO's views and analysis.
The FCO itself will be covered by the review, which I am
convinced will confirm that our skills and expertise and our global
network are more necessary than ever to protect our security,
promote our economy and support British citizens overseas.
The Review will be published in the autumn in coordination
with the Spending Review (SR). FCO officials will continue to
be involved until the conclusion of the review and I shall remain
engaged in the process through discussions in the National Security
Council.
BILATERAL RELATIONS
13. The Prime Minister has spoken of the importance of the
relationship between the United Kingdom and India, and has described
this as "the new special relationship". The bilateral
UK-India relationship was singled out in the Queen's Speech as
being of special importance to the Government in going forward.
What has the Indian Government's response been to the renewed
emphasis on the UK-India relationship?
The Indian Government's response has been very positive.
The Prime Minister visited India on 29-30 July. I accompanied
him as did the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Business Secretary
and a large delegation of business people and leaders from education,
culture and sport. After the UK-India Summit on 30 July Indian
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the visit had demonstrated
"the strength of the bonds that tie India and the UK"
Prime Minister Singh added that he had "no doubt that this
will be good for both our countries, and responds to the wishes
and aspiration of both our peoples". Throughout the visit
Ministers had productive and wide ranging discussions with their
Indian counterparts. Both sides agreed specific initiatives to
develop economic and trade relations, science and technology,
energy, education, defence, culture and people to people contacts.
14. The Prime Minister is taking the lead for the UK Government
towards India, while the Deputy Prime Minister will take the lead
in relation to China. What does this involve and what does it
mean in practice for the FCO's work in and with these countries?
The Prime Minister told President Hu Jintao in Toronto that
he would lead the UK's relationship with China and agreed to visit
China in November for the annual Summit. The Summit is reinforced
by the Strategic Dialogue which I lead for the UK, and the Economic
and Financial Dialogue led by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The only other countries to have this range of formal high level
mechanisms with China are the US and Japan. The Deputy Prime Minister's
contacts with Chinese leaders will further add to the relationship.
The FCO will coordinate work across Government Departments on
the strategic partnerships with India and China, both of which
are of fundamental importance to the UK's prosperity and security.
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
UN Security Council reform
15. In the second of your recent speeches setting out
UK foreign policy, in July in Tokyo, you said that the UK and
Japan "will one day work alongside each other as permanent
members of an expanded United Nations Security Council".
When do you expect that day to be?
As I said in my speech on 1 July: "this Government will
be at the forefront of those arguing for the expansion of the
United Nations Security Council". We are clear and unambiguous
in our support for permanent membership in the Security Council
for the G4 (Japan, Germany, Brazil and India) as well as African
representation. Our goal is a UN Security Council that is more
representative of the 21st century. But reform is not in our gift.
It can only happen when two thirds of the UN membership agree,
including the five current permanent members. While there is currently
broad support for the idea of reform, there is no agreement on
how this should happen, and fundamental divides remain.
Intergovernmental Negotiations in informal plenary of the
United Nations General Assembly started in 2009 in New York under
the chairmanship of Ambassador Tanin of Afghanistan. We continue
to support Ambassador Tanin's ongoing efforts to bring about consensus.
In the absence of agreement on a permanent reform model, we have,
with France, suggested that an intermediate solution could break
the deadlock. We are ready to work with others in considering
what an intermediate solution might look like.
The UK will continue to urge UNSG reform while accepting
that progress will be gradual.
Commonwealth
16. In your 1 July speech, you said that the Government
wished to "reinvigorate" the Commonwealth and "help
it develop a clearer agenda for the future". We are aware
that Sir Malcolm Rifkind has been appointed to the Eminent Persons
Group which Commonwealth Heads of Government have asked to examine
the future role of the Commonwealth. Could you provide further
information about the Government's plans to "reinvigorate"
the Commonwealth? When is the EPG due to report?
We believe that we need to think afresh about the UK's relationship
with the Commonwealth and encourage other member states to work
with us to reinvigorate this extraordinary organisation. It has
unique value as a diverse network of states spanning five continents
and thirty percent of the world's population. We will encourage
the Commonwealth to focus on the contribution it can make in inter-faith
dialogue, conflict prevention, democracy, development and trade
and the work of international organisations. The FCO will work
more closely with the Commonwealth Secretariat and associations,
member states and other interested parties. We will encourage
the Eminent Persons Group (EPG) and Commonwealth Ministerial Action
Group (CMAG) review to issue strong recommendations ahead of the
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2011. The EPG
report will be finalised at its meeting on 20-22 March 2011, and
the recommendations will be considered by Heads at the Commonwealth
Heads of Government meeting in Perth, Australia, in October 2011.
My Ministerial colleagues and I will work with other government
departments, particularly DFID, to strengthen UK ties with Commonwealth
countries.
EU
17. The EU General Affairs Council adopted its Decision
establishing the European External Action Service on 26 July.
The EU's 2010 budget will now be amended to allow for the costs
of the new Service in the remainder of the current calendar year.
We would be grateful to know:
— For the rest of 2010 (pro rata) and for 2011, the
likely budget for the EEAS (including the EU Delegations in third
countries), broken down into operational and administrative spending
if relevant; and a statement of the way in which this compares
with the budgets for the units of the Commission and Council Secretariat
that are becoming part of the EEAS, in order to be able to identify
any additional spending arising from the creation of the EEAS.
The EEAS budget is entirely administrative spend. Operational
spend forms part of Heading 4 ("EU as a global player")
of the EU budget. The Commission published "Draft Amending
Budget No 6" on 17 June. This amends the 2010 EU budget to
account for the additional costs this year from the creation of
the EAS, including newly created posts. These total
9.5 million (HMT Explanatory Memorandum (EM) 11251/10 of 13 July
refers). The costs of the Commission and Council Secretariat units
that will become part of the EEAS will not transfer on to the
EAS budget until 2011. This is a special arrangement to avoid
moving costs around in the middle of the budget year.
The EEAS budget for 2011 is not yet agreed. The European
Commission will present proposals in September. The cost of the
Commission and Council units that we expect to be transferred
to the EEAS in 2009 was around
398.5 million. However, the EEAS budget will also have to meet
the additional costs of member state nationals that will be seconded
to the EEAS and part of the staff of EU Special Representatives.
— The expected number of EEAS staff, on 1 January
2011 when the initial transfers of personnel from the Commission
and Council Secretariat take place, and when the EEAS reaches
its full strength.
— "Draft Amending Budget Number 6" (HMT EM
11251/10 of 13 July refers) sets out that the current establishment
plan for the EEAS involves 1,114 posts transferred from the Commission;
411 posts transferred from the General Secretariat of the Council;
and 100 new posts for member states' diplomats.
— The number of UK civil servants whom you expect
to be seconded into the EEAS, when the Service is first set up
and when it reaches its full strength. Have any UK officials been
appointed already to any EEAS posts?
EEAS appointments should be made through a transparent procedure
and be based on merit, not nationality. There are a large number
of FCO staff who are keen to go on secondment and who would contribute
effectively to the formulation and delivery of EU external policy.
We are doing all we can to support good UK civil servants in their
applications. The UK represents 12% of the EU population and we
must ensure that greater numbers of bright British officials enter
all the EU institutions.
The recruitment process for the first round of 30 EEAS jobs
is under way. In the last few weeks, a further 10 senior positions
in Brussels have also been published. The deadline for these applications
is 6 September 2010. A further 81 new positions in EU delegations
abroad have also been advertised, with a deadline of 10 September
2010. Finally, 10 additional roles have been advertised with the
application date of 16 September 2010. I will keep the Committee
informed of the outcome of these recruitments.
18. In your 1 July speech, you identified a developing
"generation gap" in terms of the presence of British
personnel among the staff of the EU institutions. What is the
FCO doing to address this, including as regards the re-introduction
of the European Fast Stream in the civil service?
I consider it a strategic priority, as part of our broader
approach to the EU, to take action to increase the relative number
of UK personnel working in the EU Institutions. I have already
written to Cabinet colleagues highlighting this issue and seeking
their support and Europe Directorate of the FCO, in close coordination
with UKREP and the Cabinet Office, is actively developing a campaign
to raise interest in careers in the EU institutions. This will
need to be a sustained and long-term campaign and its success
is linked to us continuing to explain the facts about the UK's
relationship with the EU as part of our commitment to being active
and activist.
Given that recruitment for permanent staff in the policy
stream of the EU Institutions is only open at the most junior
level, my first priority is to raise the overall number and quality
of UK applicants applying to sit the entrance tests (the concours)
in March 2011 and beyond. These will tend to be recent graduates
(Bachelors and those with postgraduate qualifications) and in
particular those who have studied French or German or who are
competent for other reasons. Working with the European Personnel
Selection Office, which is responsible for all recruitment into
the EU Institutions, my officials intend to hold a series of events
to raise awareness amongst young people of the opportunities presented
by a career in the EU. The first is scheduled for mid-October,
when I hope to be joined by the Deputy Prime Minister and the
Minister for Europe at a reception in the FCO where our guests
will include university Vice Chancellors, Heads of Language Departments,
careers advisers and interested members of the media. We will
also launch an area on the FCO website dedicated to EU careers.
The reintroduction of the European Fast Stream is also an
important element of our effort since these officers will receive
development training and support specifically tailored to passing
the concours. The Government has recruited 21 such officers this
year and intend to maintain this level of recruitment in future
years. I hope that most of this year's intake will be present
at the October FCO event.
In addition, it is important that we continue to second UK
experts from across Whitehall and externally to the EU Institutions
to supplement their full time staff. BIS is already leading work
to develop a more strategic approach to the use of secondments
of UK Civil Servants to posts in the EU institutions, where UK
experience and insight can add real value.
OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
19. In his letter to the Chairman of the Committee dated
1 July 2010, Henry Bellingham MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary
of State, wrote that the Government was developing "a more
dynamic relationship" with the Overseas Territories. What
does this mean in practice? What concrete steps has the Government
taken in pursuing this relationship?
The great majority of those living in the Territories are
British citizens. I welcome the opportunity as Foreign Secretary
to lead the Government's work on the Overseas Territories. We
have a responsibility to ensure the security and good governance
of the Territories and to support their economic wellbeing. This
is a responsibility I take extremely seriously. I also recognise
that the Territories can create substantial challenges for the
UK Government. We need a vigilant and active approach to managing
these risks. This is especially true at a time when a number of
our Territories have been hit hard by the global recession.
We have moved rapidly to tackle some of the problems left
unaddressed by the previous government:
— In July the Secretary of State for International Development
announced the resumption of the St Helena Air Access Project.
This is a major project which will transform the lives of the
people of St Helena and for the first time offer them the prospect
of a future free from dependence on the UK taxpayer.
— In July, following a joint review by the FCO and DfID
of the UK's intervention in the Turks and Caicos Islands, the
Government moved to stabilise the territory's public finances.
The terms of this support were set out in the Written Ministerial
Statement by the Secretary of State for International Development
on 1 July. We are now working towards a longer term fiscal stabilisation
plan. This will provide a basis for completing the reform programme
which is required before the territory can confidently return
to full democratic government. We have also established a Joint
FCO/DfID Ministerial Steering Group on the Turks and Caicos Islands
to ensure effective and coordinated policy-making and delivery.
— Between May and July the Government worked in partnership
with governments of the Caribbean Territories in fiscal crisis
to take urgent steps to control their deficits and to develop
plans to put their finances on a stable footing. This resulted
in the territories presenting credible budgets, supported, for
the first time, by three year fiscal recovery plans. Our approach
to public spending in the UK has lent authority to our encouragement
to Territory authorities to bring their own expenditure under
control.
— From our first days in office we have been firm and
clear about our support for the Falkland Islands and their right
to develop a hydrocarbons industry.
This is a broad and complex agenda involving many government
departments.The FCO and DfID are working together to review the
development needs of all the Overseas Territories. I have also
asked officials to review the Government's overall approach to
the Territories. I look forward to discussing this review with
the Committee in the months ahead.
FCO TRADE AND
INVESTMENT WORK
20. The Prime Minister has stated that the FCO's diplomats
must become "economic ambassadors for Britain" and that
there needs to be "quite a big step change in our approach
to foreign and diplomatic relations in massively upgrading the
importance of trade in terms of the contacts that we have with
other countries". What practical steps are being taken to
respond to the Prime Minister's call for change as outlined above?
The Prime Minister has stated that the Coalition Government's
top priority is reducing the deficit and returning Britain to
strong, sustainable growth. There are two overarching objectives
for the Government's agenda for recovery in which the FCO will
play a central role: Direct support for the British economy and
British firms, to help them exploit global opportunities; and
the creation of a strong, sustainable and open global economy.
UK exports of goods and services of £387 billion in 2009
corresponded to 27.7% of GDP at market prices of £1,396 billion
(down from 29.2% in 2008). Exports will therefore be crucial to
the UK's successful economic recovery.
The international environment is increasingly competitive,
with nations such as France, Germany, the USA and Japan all in
the process of building up their export capability and appeal
to foreign investment in order to drive their own economic recovery.
This brings the need for the UK Government to offer support to
British companies into sharper focus.
The FCO is responding energetically to the Prime Minister's
call for a step change in its approach to foreign and diplomatic
relations. I have recently announced that building Britain's prosperity
(by increasing exports and investment, opening markets, ensuring
access to resources and promoting sustainable global growth) will
be one of three key priorities for the FCO. Trade and investment
already forms a core part of the FCO's work. We have a network
of 1,300 trade and investment staff operating through our posts
in 96 different markets. Customers attribute bottom line profits
of £5 billion per year to UKTI support, and this has doubled
over the last three years.
I aim to establish a new commercial culture across the FCO
and throughout our overseas posts, so that our ministers and senior
officials—in the FCO and across Government—are briefed
to press key commercial issues in every meeting and visit. I am
keen to ensure that ministerial visits across government are coordinated
better, to ensure maximum coverage and impact on commercial matters.
I am also keen to strengthen the links between business and FCO
Ministers, senior officials and Heads of Mission. And I have asked
FCO officials to carry out an audit of other FCO activity to ensure
that opportunities for UK business are being properly identified
and supported.
I have established a new joint FCO/UKTI Commercial Task Force.
This is led by a senior FCO officer with extensive UK Trade and
Investment experience, and will incorporate FCO and UKTI officers.
It will work closely with all parts of the FCO to establish this
commercial culture in the FCO.
The FCO has also created a new team to lead cross-Government
work on the emerging powers, and will develop action plans for
those countries with the highest potential for UK business. Officials
are also strengthening the FCO's resources for work on trade policy
and in support of the UK economy.
Simon Fraser, the new FCO Permanent Under-Secretary, has
extensive experience of trade issues. I have asked him to take
forward the programme of increasing the importance of trade and
investment in the FCO's work.
21. What is being done to ensure that diplomatic staff
who have not previously worked in this area are able to acquire
the necessary trade and commercial expertise that may be required
of them?
The FCO provides economic training to all staff going overseas
to take a job with significant economic content, including those
working on joint economic and commercial jobs. This training is
also available to staff in London and to Heads of Mission. The
training includes tailor-made economic courses on the specifics
of international trade and macroeconomics, as well as the opportunity
for ad-hoc training on related issues. In response to the economic
crisis, and as recommended by a review of the FCO's economic capability,
the FCO has expanded the availability of economics training to
greater numbers of officers, including those overseas. I and senior
FCO officials will continue to ensure that staff develop the skills
and capacity necessary to meet the new level of commercial and
economic ambition within the FCO.
In addition, UKTI training is available to all FCO staff
going overseas to take a job which has a high commercial (trade
and inward investment) content. UKTI training is modular, with
FCO officers taking the modules relevant to their particular post
and responsibilities. UKTI also runs courses specifically for
new Heads of Missions and Deputy Heads of Missions before they
take up their posting; these include a session on the skills needed
in developing strategic conversations with businesses. Once in
the post, staff have the opportunity to continue to develop trade
and commercial expertise through locally-run FCO and UKTI workshops
and distance learning via the Open University. In addition to
training, UKTI also offers staff the opportunity to further develop
their understanding of business issues, through secondments to
other government departments, attachments to business, and industry
briefing visits.
The FCO currently has some 71 members of staff on outward
secondment, many to the private sector. In addition, our programme
of short-term attachments to business for outgoing Heads of Mission
enables them to gain first hand business experience.
22. How can you ensure that the FCO's culture evolves
swiftly to reflect one which gives the highest priority to trade?
As I have described above, the Commercial Diplomacy Taskforce
will carry out an intensive programme over the next 6 months.
It will establish clear milestones for its work and will evaluate
its work on a regular basis. It will work closely with UKTI, and
with the FCO's New Emerging Powers, Trade Policy and UK Economy
teams.
I have made clear that Ambassadors and High Commissioners
will be expected to meet challenging targets for UK exports and
inward investment to the UK, linked to UKTI targets. A substantial
proportion of the economic work of our Embassies will be more
clearly focused on working to achieve demonstrable benefits for
British business and the British economy, for example making sure
that new opportunities in free trade agreements, are communicated
effectively so that British firms can take advantage of them.
Ambassadors and High Commissioners will also be expected to develop
even stronger links with the UK regions to promote opportunities
in their markets for UK companies.
Officials will improve the present system of coordinating
Ministerial visits across government to ensure that all Ministerial
visits take full advantage of the opportunity to focus on commercial
matters. This will ensure Ministers are fully briefed and able
to lobby their counterparts on the key commercial issues in the
markets they visit, whether that is on market access, trade agreements,
taxation agreements or specific issues.
I will ensure that FCO input on Trade Policy is increased.
Our International Trade Team has already been strengthened with
additional trade policy officers including a supporting hub of
economic analysts. This team will work closely with BIS to provide
strategic advice to our Embassies. An international network of
trade policy advisors will work across embassies to further mainstream
trade into the bilateral dialogue. Our Embassies will lobby to
build momentum behind the Doha Round, drive progress on EU Free
Trade Agreements, and address the barriers which prevent British
businesses accessing key markets. The FCO will also support the
Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in shaping and delivering its
international objectives.
I have already reinforced the FCO team which supports the
UK Economy with an additional four policy officers and a supporting
hub of economic analysts. This team will work very closely with
other Whitehall departments including HM Treasury and BIS, with
UKTI and the Commercial Diplomacy Taskforce. The team will coordinate
a whole of Government effort, setting the strategic direction
for the Government's work to promote the UK Economy overseas and
provide material and central direction to our posts to highlight
the strengths of the UK economy and help build the UK's economic
credibility internationally. It will also task posts to explore
barriers to greater economic relations for example with emerging
powers as well as identifying innovative economic policies from
overseas that could work here. It will generate ideas for sectors
where there are specific new opportunities which could be taken
forward by different Government departments, including in education,
health services and defence.
23. When will a new FCO-BIS Trade Minister be appointed?
An appointment will be made soon. The Prime Minister is keen
that a permanent Minister for UKTI is appointed as soon as possible.
However, it is also important that the person appointed has the
right business credentials for the post.
The Prime Minister has stated that he expects all of his
Ministers to promote British business as a core part of their
international work. FCO Ministers and I have already begun to
do so. Until a permanent UKTI Minister is appointed, Business
Minister Mark Prisk will continue to have responsibility for UK
Trade and Investment, and he is fulfilling this role very successfully.
He has already been focused on driving forward the trade and investment
agenda and involved in developing relationships with investors.
The Prime Minister has also appointed Lord Brittan for a six month
period as Trade Adviser. He will work closely with Ministers across
the Government to define an overarching trade and investment strategy,
and to help to drive forward the Government's trade agenda, including
the forthcoming Trade White Paper.
I hope you find these answers useful and I look forward to
appearing before your committee soon.
2 September 2010
THE FCO OVERSEAS NETWORK
| Country/Territory | Name of Post (if
none, capital city)
| UN Member
State? (Y/N) | Sovereign
Post? (Y/N)
| Subordinate
Post? (Y/N) | Type of Post
| Date of
Post
Closure | DFID
Office
(Y/N)
| DFID Colocate
with FCO?
(Y/N)
| Resident
Ambassador/
High
Commissioner /
Governor (Y/N)
| If none:
Accredited Ambassador/
High
Commissioner/
Governor
|
Afghanistan | Lashkagar
| Y | N | Y |
Provincial Reconstruction Team |
| Y | Y | N |
|
| Afghanistan | Kabul | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Albania | Tirana | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Algeria | Algiers | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Andorra | Andorra La Vella |
Y | N/A | N/A |
N/A | No Record | N
| N | N | Ambassador resident in Madrid, Spain
|
| Angola | Luanda | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Anguilla (Overseas Territory) | Anguilla
| N | N | N |
Governor | | N |
N | Y | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | St John's
| Y | N/A | N/A
| N/A | 2008 | N
| N | N | High Commissioner resident in Bridgetown, Barbados
|
| Argentina | Buenos Aires |
Y | Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Armenia | Yerevan | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Ascension Island (Overseas Territory) | Ascension Island
| N | N | N |
Administrator | | N
| N | N | Governor resident in Jamestown, Saint Helena
|
| Australia | Adelaide | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate
| 2006 | N | N |
N | |
| Australia | Canberra | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Australia | Brisbane | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Australia | Melbourne | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Australia | Perth | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Australia | Sydney | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Austria | Vienna | Y
| N | N | UK Delegation to the Organisation for Security Cooperation in Europe
| | N | N |
N | |
| Austria | Vienna | Y
| N | N | UK Mission to the United Nations
| | N | N |
N | |
| Austria | Vienna | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Bahamas | Nassau | Y
| N/A | N/A | British High Commission
| 2005 | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident in Kingston, Jamaica
|
| Bahrain | Manama | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Bangladesh | Sylhet | Y
| N | Y | Consular Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Barbados | Bridgetown | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Belarus | Minsk | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Belgium | Brussels | Y
| N | N | UK Delegation to NATO
| | N | N |
N | |
| Belgium | Brussels | Y
| N | N | UK Permanent Representation to EU
| | Y | Y |
N | |
| Belgium | Brussels | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Belize | Belmopan | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Benin | Porto-Novo | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | High Commissioner resident in Abuja, Nigeria
|
| Bermuda (Overseas Territory) | Hamilton
| N | N | N |
Governor | | N |
N | Y | |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | High Commissioner resident in New Delhi, India
|
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | La Paz
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | N
| N | Y | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Banja Luka
| Y | N | Y |
British Embassy Office | | N
| N | N | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | Y
| Y | Y | |
| Botswana | Gaborone | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Brazil | Belo Horizonte | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Trade Office
| 2005 | N | N |
N | |
| Brazil | Curitiba | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Trade Office
| 2005 | N | N |
N | |
| Brazil | Recife | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Brazil | Porto Alegre | Y
| N | Y | British Commercial Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Brazil | Brasilia | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Brazil | Rio De Janeiro | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| British Virgin Islands (Overseas Territory) |
Tortola | N | N |
N | Governor | |
N | N | Y |
|
| Brunei Darussalam | Bandar Seri Begawan
| Y | Y | N |
British High Commission | | N
| N | Y | |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou |
Y | N/A | N/A |
N/A | No Record | N
| N | N | Ambassador resident in Accra, Ghana
|
| Burundi | Bujumbura | Y
| N | N | British Liaison Office
| 1995 | Y | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Kigali, Rwanda
|
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Cameroon | Douala | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate General
| 2005 | N | N |
N | |
| Cameroon | Yaounde | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Canada | Calgary | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Canada | Ottawa | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Canada | Montreal | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Canada | Toronto | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Canada | Vancouver | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Cape Verde | Praia | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Dakar, Senegal
|
| Cayman Islands (Overseas Territory) | George Town
| N | N | N |
Governor | | N |
N | Y | |
| Central African Republic | Bangui
| Y | N/A | N/A
| N/A | No Record | N
| N | N | High Commissioner resident in Yaounde, Cameroon
|
| Chad | N'Djamena | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | High Commissioner resident in Yaounde, Cameroon
|
| Chile | Santiago | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| China | Beijing | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| China | Chongqing | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| China | Guangzhou | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| China | Hong Kong SAR | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| China | Shanghai | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Colombia | Bogota | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Comoros | Moroni | Y
| N | N | N/A |
No Record | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident in Port Louis, Mauritius
|
| Congo | Brazzaville | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Embassy
| 1991/2 | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
|
| Costa Rica | San Jose | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Côte D'Ivoire | Abidjan
| Y | N/A | N/A
| British Embassy Office | 2005 (suspended)
| N | N | N |
Ambassador resident in Accra, Ghana |
| Croatia | Zagreb | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Cuba | Havana | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Pyongyang
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | N
| N | Y | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Goma
| Y | N | Y |
British Embassy Office | | N
| N | N | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | Y
| Y | Y | |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Djibouti | Djibouti | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
|
| Dominica | Roseau | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | High Commissioner resident in Bridgetown, Barbados
|
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | N
| N | Y | |
| Ecudaor | Quito | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Egypt | Alexandria | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Egypt | Cairo | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| El Salvador | San Salvador |
Y | N/A | N/A |
N/A | 2003 | N |
N | N | Ambassador resident in Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
| Equatorial Guinea | Malabo |
Y | N/A | N/A |
N/A | No Record | N
| N | N | High Commissioner resident in Abuja, Nigeria
|
| Eritrea | Asmara | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Estonia | Talinn | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Falkland Islands (Overseas Territory) | Stanley
| N | N | N |
Governor | | N |
N | Y | |
| Fiji | Suva | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Finland | Helsinki | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| France | Bordeaux | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| France | UK Del to Council of Europe, Strasbourg
| Y | N | N |
International Organisation Delegation |
| N | N | N |
|
| France | UK Del to OECD, Paris
| Y | N | N |
International Organisation Delegation |
| N | N | N |
|
| France | Lyon | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| France | Marseille | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| France | Paris | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| France | Lille | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Gabon | Libreville | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Embassy
| 1991/92 | N | N
| N | High Commissioner resident in Yaounde, Cameroon
|
| Gambia | Banjul | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Germany | Berlin | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Germany | Dusseldorf | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Germany | Frankfurt | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate General
| 2005 | N | N |
N | |
| Germany | Leipzig | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Trade Office
| 2005 | N | N |
N | |
| Germany | Hamburg | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate General
| 2006 | N | N |
N | |
| Germany | Munich | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Germany | Stuttgart | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate General
| 2006 | N | N |
N | |
| Ghana | Accra | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Gibraltar (Overseas Territory) | Gibraltar
| N | N | N |
Governor | | N |
N | N | |
| Greece | Athens | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Greece | Corfu | Y
| N | Y | British Vice Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Greece | Heraklion, Crete |
Y | N | Y | British Vice Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Greece | Zakynthos | Y
| N | Y | British Vice Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Greece | Rhodes | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Grenada | Saint George's |
Y | N/A | N/A |
British High Commission Office | 2008
| N | N | N |
High Commissioner resident in Bridgetown, Barbados
|
| Guatemala | Guatemala City |
Y | Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Guinea | Conakry | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Guinea Bissau | Bissau | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Dakar, Senegal
|
| Guyana | Georgetown | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Haiti | Port au Prince | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate General
| 2005 | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
|
| Holy See | Vatican City | N
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Embassy
| 2004 | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Guatemala City, Guatemala
|
| Hungary | Budapest | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| India | Ahmedabad | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| India | Bangalore | Y
| N | Y | Deputy High Commission
| | N | N |
N | |
| India | Bhopal | Y
| N/A | N/A | Information Centre
| 2005 | Y | N |
N | |
| India | Bubaneshwar | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| | Y | N |
N | |
| India | Chennai | Y
| N | Y | British Deputy High Commission
| | N | N |
N | |
| India | Goa | Y
| N | Y | British Tourist Assistance Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| India | Hyderabad | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| India | Kolkata | Y
| N | Y | British Deputy High Commission
| | Y | N |
N | |
| India | Mumbai | Y
| N | Y | British Deputy High Commission
| | N | N |
N | |
| India | Pune | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| India | New Delhi | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Tehran
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | N
| N | Y | |
| Iraq | Baghdad | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Iraq | Basra | Y
| N | Y | British Embassy Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Iraq | Erbil | Y
| N | Y | British Embassy Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Ireland | Dublin | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Israel | Tel Aviv | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Italy | Florence | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Italy | Naples | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Italy | Rome | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Italy | Milan | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Italy | Turin | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate
| 1995/1996 | N | N
| N | |
| Italy | Genoa | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate
| 1995/1996 | N | N
| N | |
| Jamaica | Kingston | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Japan | Fukuoka | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Trade Office
| 2005 | N | N |
N | |
| Japan | Nagoya | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate
| 2007 | N | N |
N | |
| Japan | Tokyo | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Japan | Osaka | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Jordan | Amman | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Kazakhstan | Astana | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | Y
| N | Y | British Embassy Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Kazakhstan | Atyrau | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Kenya | Nairobi | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Kiribati | Tarawa | Y
| N | N | British High Commission Office
| | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident in Suva, Fiji
|
| Kiribati | Tarawa | Y
| N/A | N/A | British High Commission
| 2005 | N | N |
Y | |
| Kosovo | Pristina | N
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Kuwait | Kuwait | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | Y | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Astana, Kazakhstan
|
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | Vientiane
| Y | N/A | N/A
| British Trade Office | 2005 |
N | N | N | Ambassador resident in Bangkok, Thailand
|
| Latvia | Riga | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Lebanon | Beirut | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Lesotho | Maseru | Y
| N/A | N/A | British High Commission
| 2005 | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident in Pretoria, South Africa
|
| Liberia | Monrovia | Y
| N | N | Political Office (US Embassy Implant)
| | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident in Freetown, Sierra Leone
|
| Liberia | Monrovia | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Embassy
| 1990/1991 | N | N
| Y | |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | Tripoli
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | N
| N | Y | |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Berne, Switzerland
|
| Lithuania | Vilnius | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
Y | N/A | N/A |
British Embassy | 2005 | N
| N | Y | |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo |
Y | N | N | British Interests Section
| | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Port Louis
|
| Malawi | Lilongwe | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Malaysia | Kuching | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate
| 1998 | N | N |
N | |
| Maldives | Male | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | High Commissioner resident in Colombo, Sri Lanka
|
| Mali | Bamako | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Malta | Valletta | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Marshall Islands | Majuro |
Y | N/A | N/A |
N/A | No Record | N
| N | N | Ambassador resident in Manila, the Philippines
|
| Mauritania | Nouakchott | Y
| N | N | Implant in EC Delegation (Laptop diplomat)
| | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Rabat, Morocco
|
| Mauritius | Port Louis | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Mexico | Guadalajara | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Mexico | Monterrey | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Mexico | Tijuana | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | Palikir
| Y | N/A | N/A
| N/A | No Record | N
| N | N | Ambassador resident in Manila, the Philippines
|
| Monaco | Monaco | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Paris, France
|
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | | | Y
| |
| Montserrat (Overseas Territory) | Brades
| N | N | N |
Governor | | N |
N | Y | |
| Montserrat (Overseas Territory) | Manjack
| N | N/A | N/A
| N/A | | Y |
N | N | |
| Morocco | Casablanca | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Morocco | Rabat | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Morocco | Tangier | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Mozambique | Maputo | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Myanmar / Burma | Yangon / Rangoon
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | Y
| Y | Y | |
| Namibia | Windhoek | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Nauru | Yaren | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | High Commissioner resident in Suva, Fiji
|
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Netherlands | The Hague | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| New Zealand | Wellington |
Y | Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| New Zealand | Auckland | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Nicaragua | Managua | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Embassy
| 2004 | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in san Jose, Costa Rica
|
| Niger | Niamey | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Accra, Ghana
|
| Nigeria | Abuja | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Nigeria | Enugu | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| | Y | N |
N | |
| Nigeria | Kano | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| | Y | N |
N | |
| Nigeria | Kaduna | Y
| N | Y | British Liaison Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Nigeria | Lagos | Y
| N | Y | British Deputy High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Nigeria | Port Harcourt | Y
| N | Y | British Liaison Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Norway | Oslo | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Norway | Bergen | Y
| N | Y | Honorary Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Oman | Muscat | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Pakistan | Karachi | Y
| N | Y | British Deputy High Commission
| | N | N |
N | |
| Pakistan | Lahore | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Palau | Melekeok | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Manila, the Philippines
|
| Palestinian Territories | Gaza
| N | N | Y |
British Information Services Office |
| N | N | N |
|
| Final status to be determined | Jerusalem
| N | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
Y | N | N |
|
| Panama | Panama City | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby
| Y | Y | N |
British High Commission | | N
| N | Y | |
| Paraguay | Asuncion | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Embassy
| 2005 | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
| Peru | Lima | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Philippines | Manila | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Pitcairn Islands (Overseas Territory) | Adamstown
| N | N | N |
Resident Representative | | N
| N | N | High Commissioner resident in Wellington, New Zealand
|
| Poland | Warsaw | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Portugal | Oporto | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate
| 2005 | N | N |
N | |
| Portugal | Portimao | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Qatar | Doha | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Republic of Korea | Seoul |
Y | Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Republic of Korea | Pusan |
Y | N/A | N/A |
British Trade Office | 1999/2000 |
N | N | N |
|
| Republic of Moldova | Chisinau
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | Y
| Y | Y | |
| Romania | Bucharest | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Russian Federation | Ekaterinburg
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| Russian Federation | Moscow |
Y | Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Russian Federation | St. Petersburg
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| Rwanda | Kigali | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Saint Helena (Overseas Territory) | Jamestown
| N | N | N |
Governor | | Y |
N | Y | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre
| Y | N/A | N/A
| N/A | No Record | N
| N | N | High Commissioner resident in Bridgetown, Barbados
|
| Saint Lucia | Castries | Y
| N | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident in Bridgetown, Barbados
|
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown
| Y | N/A | N/A
| British High Commission | 2007
| N | N | N |
High Commissioner resident in Bridgetown, Barbados
|
| Samoa | Apia | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident inWellington, New Zealand
|
| San Marino | San Marino | Y
| N | N | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Rome, Italy
|
São Tom
and Principe | São Tom
| Y | N/A | N/A
| N/A | No Record | N
| N | N | Ambassador resident in Luanda, Angola
|
| Saudi Arabia | Jeddah | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Saudi Arabia | Al-Khobar |
Y | N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Senegal | Dakar | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Serbia | Belgrade | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | N/A |
| Seychelles | Victoria | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Sierra Leone | Freetown | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Singapore | Singapore | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Solomon Islands | Honiara |
Y | Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Somalia | Mogadishu | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Embassy
| 1991/2 (suspended) | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Nairobi, Kenya
|
| South Africa | Cape Town |
Y | N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| South Africa | Durban | Y
| N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| South Africa | Johannesburg |
Y | N | Y | British Trade Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| South Africa | Pretoria | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | N |
Y | |
| Spain | Alicante | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Spain | Bilbao | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Spain | Barcelona | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Spain | Las Palmas | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Spain | Malaga | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Spain | Madrid | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Spain | Ibiza | Y
| N | Y | British Vice Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Spain | Palma | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Spain | Santa Cruz de Tenerife
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate | | N
| N | N | |
| Spain | Seville | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate
| 2000/2001 | N | N
| N | |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Sudan | Khartoum | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Sudan | Juba | Y
| N | Y | British Embassy Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Suriname | Paramaribo | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Georgetown, Guyana
|
| Swaziland | Mbabane | Y
| N/A | N/A | British High Commission
| 2005 | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Pretoria, South Africa
|
| Sweden | Gothenburg | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate General
| 2006 | N | N |
N | |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Switzerland | Berne | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Switzerland | Geneva | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Switzerland | UK Mission to the United Nations, Geneva
| Y | N | N |
International Organisation Delegation |
| N | N | N |
|
| Switzerland | UK Permanent Representation to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva
| Y | N | N |
International Organisation Delegation |
| N | N | Y |
|
| Switzerland | Zurich | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate General
| 1997/1998 | N | N
| N | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Damascus
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | N
| N | Y | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | Aleppo
| Y | N/A | N/A
| British Trade Office | 2007 |
N | N | N |
|
| Taiwan | Taipei | N
| N | Y | British Trade & Cultural Office
| | N | N |
N | |
| Taiwan | Koahsiung | N
| N/A | N/A | Trade and Cultural Office
| 2009 | N | N |
N | |
| Tajikistan | Dushanbe | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Thailand | Chiang | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate
| 1998/1999 | N | N
| N | |
| [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] Macedonia |
Skopje | Y | Y |
N | British Embassy |
| N | N | Y |
|
| Timor-Leste | Dili | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Embassy
| 2006 | N | N |
N | Ambassador resident in Jakarta, Indonesia
|
| Togo | Lome | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | Ambassador resident in Accra, Ghana
|
| Tonga | Nuku'alofa | Y
| N/A | N/A | British High Commission
| 2006 | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident in Suva, Fiji
|
| Trinidad and Tobago | Port Of Spain
| Y | Y | N |
British High Commission | | N
| N | Y | |
| Tristan Da Cunha (Overseas Territory) | Tristan Da Cunha
| N | N | N |
Administrator | | N
| N | N | High Commissioner resident in Jamestown, Saint Helena
|
| Tunisia | Tunis | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Turkey | Ankara | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Turkey | Izmir | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Turkey | Istanbul | Y
| N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Turkey | Antalya | Y
| N | Y | Vice Consulate
| | N | N |
N | |
| Turkmenistan | Ashgabat | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (Overseas Territory)
| Grand Turk | N | N
| N | Governor |
| N | N | Y |
|
| Tuvalu | Funafuti | Y
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| No Record | N | N
| N | High Commissioner resident in Suva, Fiji
|
| Uganda | Kampala | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Ukraine | Kiev | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | N
| N | Y | |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai |
Y | N | Y | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | Dar Es Salaam
| Y | Y | N |
British High Commission | | Y
| Y | Y | |
| United States of America | Atlanta
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Boston
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Chicago
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Dallas
| Y | N/A | N/A
| British Consulate General | 2005
| N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Denver
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Houston
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Los Angeles
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Miami
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Orlando
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate | | N
| N | N | |
| United States of America | New York
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | San Francisco
| Y | N | Y |
British Consulate General | |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | San Juan
| Y | N/A | N/A
| British Consulate General | 2002
| N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Seattle
| Y | N/A | N/A
| British Consulate General | 2006
| N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | Phoenix
| Y | N/A | N/A
| British Trade Office | 2005 |
N | N | N |
|
| United States of America | UK Mission to the United Nations, New York
| Y | N | N |
International Organisation Delegation |
| Y | Y | N |
|
| United States of America | Washington
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | Y
| Y | Y | N/A |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | N | N |
Y | |
| Vanuatu | Port-Vila | Y
| N/A | N/A | British High Commission
| 2005 | N | N |
N | High Commissioner resident in Suva, Fiji
|
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | Caracas
| Y | Y | N |
British Embassy | | N
| N | Y | |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City |
Y | N | Y | British Consulate General
| | N | N |
N | |
| Yemen | Aden | Y
| N/A | N/A | British Consulate General
| 2005 | N | N |
N | |
| Yemen | Sana'a | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Zambia | Lusaka | Y
| Y | N | British High Commission
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
| Zimbabwe | Harare | Y
| Y | N | British Embassy
| | Y | Y |
Y | |
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