Question follow-through · 100979
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Performance Appraisal
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 9 Jan 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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9 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office employs approximately 17,500 staff across hundreds of locations worldwide, many of which operate with locally managed HR arrangements and procedures. While we are able to say that around 15 per cent of thes...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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