Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials in his Department were assigned to the Stabilisation Unit on a (a) full- time and (b) part-time basis in each of the last five years.
The Stabilisation Unit (SU) is a cross-government unit that provides expertise to build stability, prevent conflict and meet security challenges internationally. The SU was hosted on a DFID platform until September 2020, when it became part of FCDO. Stabilisation Unit staff numbers employed on a full and part time basis from 2015 to 2020 are as follows:
Stabilisation Unit - total | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Full time staff | 104 | 112 | 131 | 161 | 157 | 156 |
Part time staff |
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FCDO (as of Sept 2020) | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Full time staff | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 95 |
Part time staff | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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DFID staff | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Full time staff | 58 | 59 | 74 | 87 | 100 | N/A |
Part time staff | less than 5 |
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*Note: