Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many consular staff his Department employed in each of the last five years.
The total number of Consular and Crisis Directorate staff at the end of financial years 2017-18 to 2021-22 are as follows:
Financial Year | Consular and Crisis Directorate headcount |
2017-18 | 840-859 |
2018-19 | 920-939 |
2019-20 | 880-899 |
2020-21 | 920-939 |
2021-22 | 900-919 |