Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff were assigned to the Conflict Centre announced in the Integrated Review; and how many and what proportion of those staff originally assigned to the Conflict Centre have since been transferred to the Office of Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation.

The Office for Conflict, Stabilisation and Mediation (OCSM) is the name of the FCDO conflict directorate that is described as a conflict centre in the Integrated Review. OCSM has a planned headcount of 100 full time equivalent staff for financial year 2022/2023.