To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the current shortfall in staffing levels in Foreign and Commonwealth offices overseas posts by grade; and if he will make a statement.
There is no such shortfall: it is our policy to fill all posts overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each of the last five years the number of secondments (a) into and (b) out of his Department; and if he will give details of which Departments were involved.
Tables I to V contain details of inward and outward secondments between other Government Departments and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office over the last five years. Secondments between the Overseas Development Administration and diplomatic wings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are shown separately, as are secondments to the Cabinet Office.In addition to exchanges with other Whitehall Departments, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has an interchange programme with the private sector. Details of these secondments over the last five years are contained in tables VI and VII.
| Table I (Part a) | |
| Number of DS Officers on loan from the FCO to the Home civil service at 31 December 1990 | |
| Receiving department | Number |
| Treasury | 1 |
| MAFF | 1 |
| ECGD | — |
| DTI | 9 |
| NIO | 1 |
| MOD | 8 |
| Office of Fair Trading | 1 |
Receiving department
| Number
|
| Law Officers Department | 1 |
| Cabinet Office | 12 |
| ODA | 1 |
| Home Office | 1 |
| Privy Council Office | 1 |
| Other | 4 |
| 41 |
Table 1 (Part b)
| |
Number of Home civil service Officers on loan to the FCO at 31 December 1990
| |
Parent department
| Number
|
| DTI | 28 |
| MAFF | 11 |
| MOD | 23 |
| Employment | 5 |
| Home Office | 93 |
| Treasury | 7 |
| DOE | — |
| Northern Ireland CS | 2 |
| NIO | 4 |
| Scottish Office | 1 |
| CAA | 1 |
| Energy | 1 |
| Customs and Excise | 11 |
| ODA | 23 |
| Transport | 3 |
| Cabinet Office | 1 |
| Department of Health | 2 |
| 216 | |
Table II (Part a)
| |
Number of DS Officers on loan to the Home civil service at 31 December 1989
| |
Receiving department
| Number
|
| Treasury | 1 |
| MAFF | 1 |
| ECGD | 1 |
| DTI | 7 |
| NIO | 2 |
| MOD | 8 |
| Office of Fair Trading | 1 |
| Law Officers Department | 1 |
| Cabinet Office | 11 |
| ODA | 5 |
| Other | 1 |
| 39 | |
Table II (Part b)
| |
Number of home civil service officers on loan to the FCO at 31 December 1989
| |
Parent department
| Number
|
| DTI | 26 |
| MAFF | 10 |
| MOD | 22 |
| Employment | 6 |
| Home Office | 70 |
| Treasury | 8 |
| DOE | 1 |
| Northern Ireland CS | 2 |
| NIO | 4 |
| Scottish Office | 1 |
| CAA | 1 |
| Energy | 1 |
| Customs and Excise | 9
|
| ODA | 26 |
| Transport | 3 |
| Cabinet Office | 1 |
| Department of Health | 2 |
Parent department
| Number
|
| Total | 193 |
Table III (Part a)
| |
Number of DS officers on loan to the home civil service at 31 December 1988
| |
Receiving department
| Number
|
| ECGD | 1 |
| DTI | 10 |
| NIO | 2 |
| MOD | 4 |
| MPO | 3 |
| Office of Fair Trading | 1 |
| Law Officers Department | 1 |
| Cabinet Office | 10 |
| ODA | 4 |
| Home Office | 1 |
| Treasury | 1 |
| Total | 38 |
Table III (Part b)
| |
Number of home civil service officers on loan to the DS at 31 December 1988
| |
Parent department
| Number
|
| DTI | 23 |
| MAFF | 11 |
| MOD | 22 |
| Employment | 8 |
| Home Office | 73 |
| Treasury | 6 |
| DOE | 1 |
| Northern Ireland Civil | |
| Service | 3 |
| NIO | 4 |
| Scottish Office | 1 |
| Civil Aviation Authority | 2 |
| Energy | 2 |
| Customs and Excise | 10 |
| ODA | 23 |
| Department of Transport | 3 |
| Cabinet Office | 1 |
| 193 | |
Table IV (Part a)
| |
Number of DS officers on loan to the Home civil service at 31 December 1987
| |
Receiving department
| Number
|
| ECGD | 1 |
| DTI | 9 |
| NIO | 1 |
| MOD | 4 |
| MPO | 4 |
| Office of Fair Trading | 2 |
| Law Officers Department | 1 |
| Cabinet Office | 11 |
| ODA | 4 |
| Home Office | 1 |
| 38 | |
Table IV Part (b)
| |
Number of Home Civil Service Officers on loan to the DS at 31 December 1987
| |
Parent department
| Number
|
| DTI | 22 |
| MAFF | 11 |
| MOD | 21 |
| Employment | 8 |
| Home Office | 65 |
Parent department
| Number
|
| Treasury | 6 |
| DOE | 1 |
| Northern Ireland Civil Service | 4 |
| NIO | 3 |
| Scottish Office | 1 |
| Civil Aviation Authority | 2 |
| Energy | 3 |
| Customs and Excise | 10 |
| ODA | 22 |
| Department of Transport | 4 |
| 183 |
Table V Part (a)
| |
Number of DS Officers on loan to the Home Civil Service at 31 December 1986
| |
Receiving department
| Number
|
| DTI | 12 |
| NIO | 2 |
| MOD | 3 |
| Energy | 1 |
| MPO | 4 |
| Office of Fair Trading | 2 |
| Law Officers Department | 1 |
| Home Office | 2 |
| Cabinet Office | 13 |
| ODA | 5 |
| Treasury | 2 |
| 47 | |
Table V (Part b)
| |
Number of home civil service officers on loan to the DS at 3I December 1986
| |
Parent department
| Number
|
| DTI | 23 |
| MAFF | 13 |
| MOD | 24 |
| Employment | 6 |
| Home Office | 31 |
| Treasury | 5 |
| DOE | 1 |
| Northern Ireland Civil | |
| Service | 5 |
| NIO | 2 |
| Scottish Office | 1 |
| Civil Aviation Authoroty | 2 |
| Energy | 3 |
| Customs and Excise | 7 |
| ODA | 18 |
| Department of Transport. | 5 |
| 146 | |
Table VI Diplomatic Service:Interchange with the private sector:
Secondments into the Diplomatic Service
Organisation
Starting during 1990
- Barclays
- British Gas
- Bank of England
- British Telecom
- BNF
Starting during 1989
- Nil
Starting during 1988
- Jaguar
- BP
- Peat Marwick
- BNF
- BDH Chemicals Ltd.
Starting during 1987
- Bank of England
- Shell
- Barclays
Starting during 1986
- Bank of England
- BP
- De La Rue
- Deloitte, Haskins and Sells
- Peat Marwick
Table VII
Interchange with the private sector:
Secondments from the Diplomatic Service
Organisation
Starting during 1990
- Price Waterhouse
- Barclays
- Hongkong Bank
- Starting during 1989
- Northern Engineering Industries
- London Chamber of Commerce
- De La Rue
- Hambros
- Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
- British Aerospace
- Thorn EMI
- British Gas
- London Chamber of Commerce
Starting during 1988
- Smiths Industries
- Thorn Lighting
- BBC
- Shorts, Vosper Thornycroft, GKN
Starting during 1987
- Rank Xerox
- ICI
Starting during 1986
- British Aerospace
- Barclays