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Question reference: S6W-39036

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 26 June 2025
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 July 2025

To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently employed by Scottish Development International, broken down by office location.

Scottish Development International (SDI) is the international arm of Scottish Enterprise (SE). The SDI teams in overseas offices are made up of staff employed by FCDO on behalf of Scottish Enterprise. The breakdown by location of these FCDO employed staff is included in the following table. There are also Scotland and London based staff working in the international arm of SE. SE's international teams based in Scotland currently employ 150 staff; and 8 in London.

Overseas Location	Staff
Abu Dhabi	4
Barcelona	1
Beijing	4
Berlin	1
Berne	2
Boston	1
Calgary	1
Cambridge (Massachusetts)	9
Chicago	4
Copenhagen	5
Dubai	3
Dublin	2
Dusseldorf	8
Guangzhou	2
Hong Kong	1
Houston	4
Jakarta	1
Kuala Lumpur	1
Madrid	1
Melbourne	2
Mexico City	1
Mumbai	3
Paris	9
Perth (Australia)	1
Rome	1
San Jose	9
Seoul	1
Shanghai	6
Singapore	4
Sydney	1
The Hague	1
Tokyo	9
Toronto	3
Warsaw	1
Grand Total	107

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