Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 3 March 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
(1) what proportion of civil servants in his Department who were on maternity leave in each of the last five years returned to work;
(2) what proportion of civil servants in his Department who had been on maternity leave were still employed in the Civil Service (a) six and (b) 12 months after their return to work in each of the last five years.
The FCO routinely captures information on individuals taking maternity leave. However, at this time, the combination of our systems and the extent of the information held mean that to answer the question in the format requested would exceed disproportionate cost thresholds.
However, over the last five years, our record show that fewer than 10 officers have resigned directly after taking maternity leave.
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