Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the occupancy rates were of the Foreign Office in the King Charles Street building in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) 2014.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office compiles Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff statistics for inclusion in the Department’s annual sustainability reporting. The total number of FTEs occupying the King Charles Street building in 2013-14 was 2,172, (excluding Facilities Management, Catering, Security and Nursery contract staff). For 2010-11 the equivalent total was 1,741.The increase in the number of staff in King Charles Street between 2010-11 and 2013-14 relates to staff relocations from the Old Admiralty Building. 2004-5 occupancy statistics are unavailable and could not now be compiled except at disproportionate cost.