{"value":{"id":1243552,"askingMemberId":4082,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2020-10-14T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2020-10-19T00:00:00","uin":"103495","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what the cost has been of the merger of his Department with the Department for International Development to date.","answeringBodyId":208,"answeringBodyName":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1559,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2020-10-19T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Initial figures will be published in the FCDO's Annual Report and Accounts for 2020-21. The merger will provide substantial opportunities for efficiencies over the longer-term.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reorganisation","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1243552","method":"GET"}]}