Department for Business and Trade: Staff
(asked on 4th June 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full-time equivalent members of DBT staff were working (a) in and (b) on each country on behalf of the UK as of (i) 4 July 2024 and (ii) June 2026.
The table shows the number of FTE DBT staff working in, and on behalf of the UK in each region as of July 2024 and April 2026. April 2026 is the latest available data point; data for June 2026 are not available. The available data are held at regional level. The requested information on a country-by-country basis is not readily available but could be provided as a separate list.
| July 2024 | April 2026 (latest data available) | ||
Regions | UK based staff working in other countries (FTE) | Country based staff working on other countries on behalf of the UK (FTE) | UK based staff working in other countries (FTE) | Country based staff working on other countries on behalf of the UK (FTE) |
Africa | 20 | 85 | 15 | 61 |
Asia Pacific | 45 | 212 | 45 | 200 |
China and Hong Kong | 24 | 152 | 22 | 137 |
Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 17 | 55 | 12 | 54 |
Europe | 34 | 285 | 33 | 267 |
Latin America and Caribbean | 15 | 220 | 13 | 129 |
Middle East, Afghanistan and Pakistan | 23 | 89 | 23 | 75 |
North America | 12 | 146 | 6 | 127 |
South Asia | 17 | 93 | 13 | 90 |
Total | 207 | 1,337 | 184 | 1,140 |
DBT also has UK-based teams working across a broad range of business and trade activities, including support for international trade missions. Most staff are in the Trade Group. However, DBT uses a flexible resourcing model, some staff work across multiple functions. The department therefore cannot separately identify the proportion of wider UK-based roles that support international trade missions.