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Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Civil Servants

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 24 December 2025UIN 100254

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.

Answered by Seema Malhotra

Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics as part of the quarterly Public Sector Employment statistics. Information can be accessed for September 2025 at the following web address:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/september2025.

Departmental expenditure on consultancy is published within the Annual Report and Accounts. The latest report for Financial Year 2024/25 can be found at the following web address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-to-2025.

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