Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Staff

(asked on 11th May 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office staff were based in (1) Hong Kong, and (2) China, in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021.


Answered by
 Portrait
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 25th May 2021

We have interpreted the question to mean how many staff were employed by the then Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Department for International Development (DfID) in China and Hong Kong in each of the financial years, (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020 and as Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in 2021. All the figures shown are based on the headcount as at 31 March in each year. They include both UK Based Staff and Country Based Staff.

The figures below cover our Embassies and Consulates in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Wuhan. And our Consulate General in Hong Kong.

China and Hong Kong staff numbers 2018 to 2020 as Legacy departments. Then as FCDO in 2021.

China

Hong Kong

Year

FCO

DfID

FCO

DfID

2018

230-259

12

60-69

0

2019

240-269

10

50-59

0

2020

250-279

11

50-59

0

China

Hong Kong

Year

FCDO

FCDO

2021

260 - 289

40 -49

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