Annex A
STAFFING ACROSS
THE US NETWORK
OF POSTS
The US Network comprises the Embassy in Washington,
plus 10 subordinate Posts in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver,
Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando and San Francisco.
(It excludes the New York Mission to the UN.)
The Network provides a platform for about 18 other
government departments, including MoD, Home Office, SOCA, UKTI,
Bank of England, DWP.
The staffing of the US Network of Posts is as follows:
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| | FCO Staff
| MoD Staff | Other Govt Dept Staff
| Total |
|
| Washington Embassy | 248
| 142 | 57
| 447 |
| US Network of Posts | 169
| 0 | 200
| 369 |
| Total USA staffing | 417*
| 142** | 257
| 826 |
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| * 70 of the 417 are UK-based diplomats (50 Washington, 20 elsewhere)
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| ** The MoD has 142 personnel based in the Washington Embassy. There are a further 559 MoD personnel working in the United States not supported by the FCO network of posts. These range from military personnel in operational units or headquarters and exchange officers in each of the Services to technical experts working on joint acquisition projects.
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The paybill for locally engaged staff in Washington is approx
$9 million (currently £5.6 million), and the rest of the
network $11.5 million (£7.2 million).
Since 2005 the major developments in staffing have included:
— A review of locally-engaged staff salaries and adjustments
to salaries.
— A move towards recruiting locally resident staff rather
than offering visas to British nationals (who then rely on their
employment to remain in the US).
— The closure of Posts in Puerto Rico, Dallas, Seattle
and Phoenix.
— The move to a shared corporate services platform,
whereby Washington runs the Finance and payroll functions (among
others) for the whole US network. This programme reduced staff
slots across the network by 26 (approx $2 million per year in
paybill costs).
— A reduction by approx 15% in MoD staff numbers, but
an increase in other government department staff across the network.
— An FCO Strategy Refresh exercise which cut 5 UK-based
diplomatic posts but provided resources for extra staff to cover
climate change and counter-terrorism issues.
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