Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many personnel his Department has posted to each High Commission, Embassy or Office in (a) Nigeria, (b) Somalia, (c) Ethiopia, (d) Kenya, (e) South Africa, (f) Ghana and (g) Mozambique in each of the last five years.
We have interpreted the question to mean how many UK Based staff were posted by the then Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Department for International Development and currently Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to all posts in Nigeria, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Mozambique in each of the financial years, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21. The figures shown are based on the headcount as at 31 March in each financial year.
| FCDO | Legacy FCO and DFID | |||
| Headcount 31/03/2021 | Headcount 31/03/2020 | Headcount 31/03/2019 | Headcount 31/03/2018 | Headcount 31/03/2017 |
Nigeria | 60-69 | 70-79 | 60-69 | 60-69 | 50-59 |
Somalia | 10-19 | 10-19 | 10-19 | 10-19 | 10-19 |
Ethiopia | 40-49 | 40-49 | 40-49 | 40-49 | 40-49 |
Kenya | 60-69 | 70-79 | 70-79 | 60-69 | 50-59 |
South Africa | 30-39 | 30-39 | 20-29 | 20-29 | 30-39 |
Ghana | 20-29 | 10-19 | 10-19 | 10-19 | 10-19 |
Mozambique | 10-19 | 10-19 | 10-19 | 10-19 | 10-19 |