Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if his Department will publish (a) the number of resignations received from staff in (i) his Department and (ii) the Department for International Development during the merger of those Departments and (b) the reason for each staff resignation during that period.

Data about departing staff is collected as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) cross government data collection, and published by the Cabinet Office. Data for FCDO leavers by government department and leaving cause can be found in Table 42 of https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1006364/Statistical_tables_-_Civil_Service_Statistics_2021.xlsx. Neither FCDO, nor legacy departments, collect data on the reasons for staff resignations.