§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the number of696W his Department's employees by UK region, indicating the wage bill (a) in total and (b) by region in the last year for which figures are available and separately identifying the costs of London allowances and weightings. [30103]
§ Mr. Tony LloydOn 1 January 1998, the FCO employed 5,620 UK-based staff in London and the South East, and at posts overseas.
Total paybill expenditure (including the cost of Salaries, National Insurance, Superannuation, Shift Disturbance Allowance, Overtime and Recruitment and Retention Allowance) for the financial year 1996–97 was £170.3m.
Expenditure in 1996–97 on London allowances and weightings, which form part of Recruitment and Retention Allowance, was £7.7m.