To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many foreign nationals who are not Commonwealth or EEA citizens are employed in the civil service and work in positions based in the UK. (281652)

Data relating to the total number of non-EEA and non-Commonwealth nationals employed in the civil service and working in positions based in the UK are not held centrally by the Cabinet Office.

For data relating to the number of non-EEA and non-Commonwealth nationals employed under cover of aliens' certificate I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) on 22 July 2009, Official Report, column 700W, on Civil Servants: Foreign Workers.