questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what estimate he has made of the employer National Insurance contribution costs for (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (i) in direct staffing costs and (ii) on third party and contract spend for the (A) current and (B) 2025-26 financial year; and whether he has made provision for the impact of the additional costs announced in paragraph 2.40 of the Autumn Budget 2024.
answerText: In 2024-25, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office estimates total staffing costs to be £975 million and employer national insurance (NI) costs to be £44 million. Budget allocation and workforce planning processes for 2025-26 are in progress but...
heading: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Employers' Contributions