Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Reorganisation
(asked on 17th September 2026) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants have left their jobs following the reshuffle in summer 2026 at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Answered by
Lord Wood of Anfield
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 15th October 2026
Between 1st June 2026 and 31st August 2026, 375 civil servants left the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) as part of the FCDO 2030 restructure.
In terms of how many civil servants left the FCDO following the Ministerial reshuffle in July 2026, the Cabinet Office routinely publishes a breakdown of special advisers by department as part of the Annual Report on Special Advisers.