The figures requested for Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff are:
Staff Percentage Male 57.5 Female: 42.5 Disabled1 4.3 Aged 55 or over 11.2 1 Staff are not obliged to declare whether they have a disability nor what it may be. This number represents those who have told us that they are disabled.
We are committed to ensuring that our UK workforce reflects fully the diversity of modern Britain.
We were also one of the few Departments to decide in 2006 to dispense with mandatory retirement ages for staff below the Senior Management Structure.