Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2018 to Question 146171 on procurement, what the daily rate of pay is of each of those contractors who have been employed by his Department for five years or more.

The FCO has employed six contractors for five years or more. Some are paid hourly rates and not daily rates. On the basis that 7.5 hours is a work day, the daily rates for the six contractors range from £94.42 per day up to £353 per day.