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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many jobs under the remit of his Department in (a) the core Department, (b) non-departmental public bodies, (c) executive agencies, (d) independent statutory bodies, organisations and bodies financially sponsored by his Department and (e) embassy and consular are in (i) Scotland, (ii) each region in England, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) overseas, broken down by (A) whole-time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual Department, body or organisation. [127312] Mr. Mike O'Brien: The information requested is detailed in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London East East Midlands Staff Percentage Staff Percentage Staff Percentage FCO1 (i) UK based 2,430.00 41.53 0.00 0.00 970.00 16.58 (ii) Locally employed 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (LE) NDPBs2 Britain-Russia Centre 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 British Assoc. for 4.20 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Central and Eastern Europe British Council 621.00 8.51 4.00 0.05 1.00 0.01 Great Britain-China 5.40 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Centre Marshall Aid 2.50 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Commemoration Commission Westminster Foundation 10.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 for Democracy Wilton Park3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 BBC World Service 1,290.00 82.27 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Monitoring 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 West Midlands South East South West Staff Percentage Staff Percentage Staff Percentage FCO1 (i) UK based 0.00 0.00 120.00 2.05 0.00 0.00 (ii) Locally employed 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (LE) NDPBs2 Britain-Russia Centre 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 British Assoc. for 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Central and Eastern Europe British Council 2.00 0.03 20.00 0.27 3.00 0.04 Great Britain-China 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Centre Marshall Aid 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Commemoration Commission Westminster Foundation 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 for Democracy Wilton Park3 0.00 0.00 69.00 100.00 0.00 0.00 BBC World Service 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Monitoring 0.00 0.00 391.00 75.48 0.00 0.00 North East North West Yorkshire Staff Percentage Staff Percentage Staff Percentage FCO1 (i) UK based 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (ii) Locally employed 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (LE) NDPBs2 Britain-Russia Centre 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 British Assoc. for 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Central and Eastern Europe British Council 2.00 0.03 362.00 3.96 2.00 0.03 Great Britain-China 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Centre Marshall Aid 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Commemoration Commission Westminster Foundation 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 for Democracy Wilton Park3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 BBC World Service 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Monitoring 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Wales Northern Ireland Scotland Staff Percentage Staff Percentage Staff Percentage FCO1 (i) UK based 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (ii) Locally employed 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 (LE) NDPBs2 Britain-Russia Centre 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 British Assoc. for 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Central and Eastern Europe British Council 7.00 0.10 26.00 0.36 37.00 0.51 Great Britain-China 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Centre Marshall Aid 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Commemoration Commission Westminster Foundation 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 for Democracy Wilton Park3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 BBC World Service 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Monitoring 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Overseas Staff Percentage Total FCO1 (i) UK based 2,331.00 39.84 15,851.00 (ii) Locally employed (LE) 9,792.00 100.00 19,792.00 NDPBs2 Britain-Russia Centre 0.00 0.00 20.00 British Assoc. for Central and 0.00 0.00 4.20 Eastern Europe British Council 6,213.00 85.11 37,300.00 Great Britain-China Centre 0.00 0.00 5.40 Marshall Aid Commemoration 0.00 0.00 2.50 Commission Westminster Foundation for 0.00 0.00 10.00 Democracy Wilton Park3 0.00 0.00 69.00 BBC World Service 278.00 17.73 1,568.00 Monitoring 127.00 24.52 518.00 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The staff numbers for FCO include staff working at posts overseas, and include consular staff. 2 As of 1 April 2003 the FCO no longer sponsors the Britain- Russia Centre. 3 The staff figures for British Council include staff on local contracts and teachers on contract.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

127312; 410 c398-400W;410 c438-40W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Executive agencies Civil servants Greater London Government departments Northern Ireland Location Staff Non-departmental public bodies Scotland Wales Foreign and Commonwealth Office Overseas workers

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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