Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Civil Servants

(asked on 4th October 2024) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people, other than special advisers, have been appointed to civil service posts in his Department without open competition since 4 July 2024; what their (a) job titles and (b) salary bands are; and on what basis each was appointed.


Answered by
Catherine West Portrait
Catherine West
This question was answered on 17th October 2024

At the delegated grades, the table below shows we have appointed the following since 4 July 2024 to civil service posts in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office without open competition in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles [https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/02a_RECRUITMENT-PRINCIPLES-April-2018-FINAL-.pdf]. The exceptions we have used are:

Exception 1: Temporary Appointments

Exception 3: Secondments

Exception 5: Former Civil Servants

Exception 7: Transfers of staff from other public bodies

Exception

Band

Salary Band

Job title

1

AO

£26,500

UKRI - Summer Intern 2024

1

AO

£26,500

Finance Payments Officer

1

AO

£26,500

Credit Card Administrator

1

AO

£26,500

Finance Payments Officer

1

AO

£26,500

Consular Officer

1

AO

£26,500

Consular Officer

1

AO

£26,500

Consular Officer

1

AO

£26,500

Consular Officer

1

AO

£26,500

Consular Officer

1

AO

£26,500

Consular Officer

1

AO

£26,500

Pensions Administrator

1

EO

£28000 - £30,500

Leonard Cheshire - Summer Intern 2024

1

EO

£28000 - £30,500

Leonard Cheshire - Summer Intern 2024

1

EO

£28000 - £30,500

Desk Officer Team 4, Diplomatic Missions Team

1

AO

£26,500

Pensions Administrator

7

HEO

£34,500 - £40,000

Auditor

3

Grade 7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior research Fellow

3

Grade 7

£53,000 - £62,000

Research Fellow

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Research Fellow

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Research Fellow

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Humanitarian Policy Advisor

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Research Fellow

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Research Fellow

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Research Fellow

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Research Fellow

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Research Fellow

3

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Senior Research Fellow

3

HEO

£34,500 - £40,000

Security/Intelligence Analyst

5

G7

£53,000 - £62,000

Team Leader Indo Pacific Maritime Security, Engagement and Communications

There have been no external appointments to SCS level civil service posts without open competition since 4 July 2024.

There has been no ministerial involvement in appointments to civil service posts in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office since 4 July 2024.

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