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Departmental Manpower

Volume 503: debated on Wednesday 13 January 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials from each other Government department are serving at UK posts overseas. (307049)

The number of staff, broken down by Government body, are shown in the following table.

Number of co-located staff

Department name

UK

LE

Total

UK Border Agency—Visa staff

415

1,443

1,858

Ministry of Defence

358

154

512

Department for International Development

201

247

448

UK Border Agency—Airline Liaison Officers

47

39

86

British Council

9

48

57

Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

17

18

35

Department for Work and Pensions

2

12

14

Metropolitan Police

12

2

14

Department of Transport

5

5

10

Others

20

24

44

Totals

1,086

1,992

3,078