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Written question asked by Emily Thornberry (Labour) on Thursday, 25 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 13 April 2021. It was answered by Greg Hands (Conservative) on Monday, 19 April 2021 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

Department for International Trade: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many (a) UK staff deployed overseas, (b) local staff and (c) local interns in the North America region there were in her Department's overseas network as at 1 March 2021.

Answer

The Department for International Trade (DIT) employs both domestic and overseas staff, who are contracted separately through the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Staff working on DIT objectives, but contracted through the FCDO total 1,560. This consists of 148 UK staff deployed overseas, 1,357 local staff and 55 local staff interns. The table attached shows the breakdown of these staff, across each of the nine HM Trade Commissioner regions.

These figures do not include staff on loan to DIT from other government departments but who remain on their home departments payroll, contractors, military staff, people on secondment from other organisations, those who are on loan or secondment out of DIT, on unpaid special leave or career break and people working in UK Export Finance.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
175771
Session
2019-21
Attachment
HM Trade Commissioner regions
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Staff Unpaid work North America Department for International Trade
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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