HC Deb 08 July 1985 vol 82 c348W
Mrs. Rumbold

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what manpower reductions his Department has achieved in 1984–85.

Mr. Renton

The number of Foreign and Commonwealth Office staff at post, including the ODA, was 10,031 at 1 April 1984 and 9,793 at 1 April 1985; an overall reduction of 238.