Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 89585

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Performance Appraisal

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 18 November 2025

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many staff and what proportion in her Department were subject to formal performance management procedures as a result of unsatisfactory performance in the last 12 months.

Answer

Seema Malhotra

The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office's total staff headcount is approximately 17,500 employees, working in hundreds of different locations around the world, many with locally-managed HR arrangements and procedures. The requested information ...

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