Source · Select Committees · International Development Committee
Recommendation 37
37
Accepted
Review SDG2 staffing complement and structure across departments, hiring new staff as required.
Recommendation
The Government should review the staffing complement and structure working on SDG2 across departments, and the anticipated need in coming years, hiring new staff where needed. (Recommendation, Paragraph 90) 57
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to review staffing, planning to recruit new Food and Agriculture advisory expertise in 2025/2026, implement a new annual Strategic Oversight Board, and strengthen FCDO’s nutrition capacity through learning and development.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
Agree. Capable, experienced staff are critical to our ability to deliver on SDG2 and we recognise the importance of investing in our experts to retain their knowledge and skills. We hope to recruit new Food and Agriculture advisory expertise to fill critical gaps in 2025/2026. In addition, we intend to implement a new annual Strategic Oversight Board for capability in food, agriculture and livelihoods across FCDO to ensure we have the right people in the right place, following prioritisation and planning exercises underway. We will also strengthen FCDO’s nutrition capacity across key cadres both through internal and external learning and development initiatives to ensure we have sufficient capability to drive the integration of nutrition objectives across relevant ODA programmes.