How many staff work for DFID?

DFID staffing numbers as at 31 December 2012

Staffing type Headcount Full-time equivalent
Home Civil Servant (HCS) staff based in London office 726 702.1
Home Civil Servant (HCS) staff based in East Kilbride office 542 520.2
Home Civil Servant (HCS) staff currently based Overseas 505 504.2
Sub Total of HCS staff 1773 1726.5
Staff appointed in country 918 917.2
GRAND TOTAL 2691 2643.7

Notes:

The numbers of DFID HCS Staff shown, follow Office for National Statistics (ONS) definitions.

Staff on unpaid maternity leave; unpaid sick leave; unpaid discretionary leave; graduate placements; ministerial staff and special advisers; plus staff on secondment in or out of DFID where we do not meet at least 50% of their costs are all excluded. Similarly consultants, contractors and agency staff are also excluded from these HCS figures.

Full-Time Equivalent figures represent the actual working patterns worked by staff. For example, where an employee works less than full-time hours their full-time equivalent will be less than 1.