Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 31 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many full-time equivalent staff are employed on consultancy contracts in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
There are currently no consultants recorded centrally as working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
It is possible that consultancy is used from time to time in FCO Posts overseas where there is a lack of in-house specialist expertise, but gathering data on this would incur disproportionate cost. Any use of consultants would be subject to rigorous scrutiny and the acceptance of a business case.
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