Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.
As of 31 August 2018, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has:
a) 4,544 UK-based staff employed directly (of which 583 are on inward interchange loan from other government departments);
b) five staff on secondment;
c) 95 staff on contract to the FCO.