Public Diplomacy Team (Hansard, 16 July 2003)

HC Deb 16 July 2003 vol 409 c400W 400W

§ Keith Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the size is of his public diplomacy team. [125521]

§ Mr. Mike O'Brien
There are currently 25 employees working in the Public Diplomacy Policy Department.
In 2002 there were 144 UK based staff and 144.41 locally engaged staff who spend 50–100 per cent, of their time covering this function in our overseas Posts. The figures are not yet available for this year.