Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Overtime
(asked on 21st February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many hours of overtime have been worked by staff in his Department in each of the last 12 months.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK based staff claimed a total of 63,930 hours of overtime between 1 February 2017 and 31 January 2018 (staff may submit an overtime claim form up to three months from when the overtime was worked). The monthly breakdown is set out below:-
Month (Year) | Hours of Overtime |
February (17) | 4490 |
March (17) | 4780 |
April (17) | 5410 |
May (17) | 4510 |
June (17) | 5770 |
July (17) | 4450 |
August (17) | 4950 |
September (17) | 3350 |
October (17) | 8230 |
November (17) | 8840 |
December (17) | 6360 |
January (18) | 2790 |
Overtime is claimed by officers when they have worked above their conditioned hours with pre authorised Line Manager/Budget Holder approval to claim overtime. Staff may take time off in lieu instead of payment for overtime - these hours are not processed through payroll.
The higher figures in October, November and December reflect increased claims due to crisis work (Monarch Airlines and Hurricanes).