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 in the British Council.
(a) Employed directly -10750
(b) Secondees - 0
(c) Work under contract*- 1115
Total 11865
* This figure is a total of external Non-Permanent Workers (NPW) that the British Council have recorded both in the UK and overseas, this however does not capture invigilators/examiners, those provided by other companies to fulfil contracts or other cases of short term duration external workers.