HC Deb 12 May 2004 vol 421 cc379-80W
Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what formal assistance his Department's overseas offices offer to UK-based recruitment agencies in the recruitment of education workers; and how many departmental staff are dedicated to offering such assistance. [170986]

Mr. Mullin

No staff of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are specifically dedicated to the activity of assisting with the recruitment of education workers. The commercial and other services of overseas Posts of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are open to eligible UK-based recruitment agencies as to other eligible UK businesses or organisations.