Diplomatic Service: Staff
(asked on 27th January 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) UK national, and (2) locally engaged, staff were employed in the British embassies in (a) Slovenia, (b) Croatia, (c) Bosnia-Herzegovina, (d) Serbia, (e) Montenegro, (f) North Macedonia, (g) Kosovo, and (h) Albania, in the (i) 2015/16, (ii) 2016/17, (iii) 2017/18, (iv) 2018/19, (v) 2019/20, and (vi) 2020/21, financial years.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
As at 31 March 2020, the FCDO UK based headcount band for each Embassy requested is set out in the table below.
| (i) 31st March 2016 | (ii) 31st March 2017 | (iii) 31st March 2018 | (iv) 31st March 2019 | (v) 31st March 2020 | 31st December 2020 | ||||||
Country and Embassy (PQ HL12645) | FCDO UKB staff- Band | FCDO CBS- Band | FCDO UKB staff- Band | FCDO CBS- Band | FCDO UKB staff- Band | FCDO CBS- Band | FCDO UKB staff- Band | FCDO CBS- Band | FCDO UKB staff- Band | FCDO CBS- Band | FCDO UKB staff- Band | FCDO CBS- Band |
a) Slovenia | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | fewer than 10 | fewer than 10 | fewer than 10 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 |
b) Croatia | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 |
c) Bosnia and Herzegovina | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 |
d) Serbia | fewer than 10 | 50-59 | fewer than 10 | 50-59 | 10-19 | 50-59 | 10-19 | 50-59 | 10-19 | 50-59 | 10-19 | 50-59 |
e) Montenegro | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 |
f) North Macedonia | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 | fewer than 10 | 10-19 |
g) Kosovo | fewer than 10 | 30-39 | fewer than 10 | 30-39 | fewer than 10 | 30-39 | fewer than 10 | 30-39 | fewer than 10 | 30-39 | fewer than 10 | 30-39 |
h) Albania | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 | fewer than 10 | 20-29 |
UKB – UK Based Staff
CBS – Country Based Staff