§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants, broken down by grade, there are in the Department and the agencies for which the Department is responsible; and what the figures were in January 1997. [150269]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe information requested is as follows.
Staff numbers by grade Grade 1 April 19971 1 October 20031 SMS 450 474 D7 85 194 D6 581 702 C5 362 565 C4 1,081 1,260 B3 1,490 1,323 A2 1,327 1,188 Al 236 351 Total 5,612 6,057 1Includes Wilton Park.