Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, which five teams in their Department have the highest number of staffing vacancies as a proportion of total staff as of 8 December 2022; and what proportion of roles were vacant in each of those teams.

Following the Autumn Budget announced by the Prime Minister and Chancellor, FCDO will be launching detailed Business & Country Planning and Workforce Planning exercises in the new year. This will help to determine the FCDO's future workforce requirements from 2023-24 onwards, taking into account Ministerial priorities and delivering our FCDO transformation. Headcount and managing vacancies will be informed by plans for a smaller, more agile and more efficient civil service. Information on Full Time Equivalent roles will be published as usual in the FCDO's Annual Report and Accounts found online.