<p>UKTI is not an employer in its own right. For the majority of its human resource requirements it draws on civil service staff employed by one of its two parent Departments, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). UKTI Defence & Security Organisation also draws on civil service staff and serving military members of UK armed forces on loan from the Ministry of Defence.</p><p>At 1 April 2013 the UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation had 128 staff in post.</p>