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Freedom of Information disclosure - F2005/102

Date of Release 13 May 2005.

Details relating to the use of temporary staff in the Civil Service, how many staff are recruited from outside agencies, as well as the total staff working in DFID. Also details of any plans to change the way in which agency temporary workers are recruited by DFID.

There are currently 82 temporary/agency staff in DFID – 51 in our London office and 31 in our East Kilbride office.

Apart from these staff, DFID staffing numbers at the end of March 2005 were as follows: 

Numbers of DFID staff by location and gender (as at end of March 2005)

Appointee Type

Female

Male

Total

Home Civil Servants in London office

448

454

902

Home Civil Servants in EK office

316

240

556

Staff appointed in UK on fixed term contracts for development projects

6

4

10

DFID staff in UK

770

698

1468

       

Home Civil Servants in DFID overseas offices

148

281

429

Staff Appointed in Country (i.e. locally engaged) in overseas offices

478

511

989

DFID staff overseas

10

21

31

TOTALS

1406

1511

2917

 
On longer-term plans for changing the way we currently recruit agency/temporary workers, DFID is currently looking at the possibility of moving to a central government National Framework contract for agency staff which has been set up. No decision has been made on this yet, so we do not expect our existing agency staff recruitment arrangements to change in the immediate future.

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