Diplomatic Service

(asked on 2nd October 2019) - View Source
Questioner
Rachael Maskell Portrait
Rachael Maskell
(Labour (Co-op) - York Central)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of the members of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service are (a) serving overseas and (b) have served overseas in each year since 2010.

Answered by
Heather Wheeler Portrait
Heather Wheeler
This question was answered on 8th October 2019

The table below provides the number and proportion of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service serving overseas each year since 2013:-

Mar-13

Mar-14

Mar-15

Mar-16

Mar-17

Mar-18

Mar-19

Aug-19

Number of Diplomatic Service members posted overseas

1600-1699

1400-1499

1400-1499

1400-1499

1400-1499

1500-1599

1700-1799

1600-1699

Proportion of Diplomatic Service members posted overseas

48%

47%

47%

45%

45%

48%

52%

51%

The statistics above exclude FCO Home Civil Servants who are working in an overseas post. Up until 1st April 2015, Department of Trade staff (former UKTI) were included in FCO staff headcount.

We are unable to provide headcount information prior to 2013. As reported in the 2012/13 FCO Annual Report and Accounts at page 29, in February 2013 the FCO realigned previous staffing figures, adopting a new methodology in line with Office for National Statistics guidelines.

Numbers have been released in bands rather than absolute values in line with current publication policies for FCO headcount.

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