On the positive side, total deposits increased by $79.8 billion, or 0.9%, in the quarter primarily because of foreign offices.
Mr Hammond also said that the resignation of Foreign Office minister Mark Simmonds, announced on Monday, was unrelated to policy.
At £1.5 billion ($2.5 billion) and falling, Britain spends much less on the Foreign Office than on subsidising pensioners' heating.
Nonetheless, many foreign offices stayed shut on Monday after forces led by the United States had struck Afghanistan.
The defection of the foreign offices has put added pressure on settlement talks between Andersen and Enron shareholders.
A commons question, from an SNP MP, asking about Britain's position on Rajab, elicited a reponse on Monday from foreign office minister Tobias Ellwood.
In February the foreign secretary, William Hague, revealed at an international conference on security that Foreign Office computers were hit by data-stealing malware.
On Monday the foreign office minister Alistair Burt made a final, fruitless attempt to persuade the human rights groups to come back on board.
On Thursday the foreign office minister for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, said Iran's mistreatment of the opposition leaders and their family members demonstrated "a cynical attempt" to suppress them in defiance of the country's obligations under international law.
The MPs say that on 18 January Foreign Office officials were made aware of rumours Mr Heywood's death may not have been due to alcohol poisoning.
