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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many permanent staff from his Department are stationed in (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Nigeria, (c) Angola, (d) Namibia, (e) Malawi, (f) Zambia, (g) Tanzania, (h) Kenya, (i) Uganda and (j) Ethiopia; and what changes have taken place in (i) the deployment of staff and (ii) the levels of expenditure by his Department in these countries in each of the last three years. [224300] Hilary Benn: Numbers of permanent staff by country were as follows. Figures include UK-based staff, staff appointed in country and some permanent staff seconded to other organisations in country. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Angola -- 3 3 Ethiopia 117 136 46 Kenya 43.5 43.5 42.75 Malawi 24 42 59 Namibia 4 4 2 Nigeria 71 71 81 Sierra Leone 18.5 110.25 111.75 Tanzania 36 44 48 Uganda 44 46 52 Zambia 12 34 34 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 For these years, DFID staff were based in British embassies/high commissions, preceding the opening of DFID offices. Total DFID spending by country, for the last three completed financial years, was as follows. £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 Angola 3.6 9.9 7.8 Ethiopia 11.8 42.7 43.3 Kenya 27.5 44.5 25.8 Malawi 46.6 52.3 54.8 Namibia 2.0 2.2 1.4 Nigeria 20.9 30.5 31.2 Sierra Leone 37.1 32.4 34.3 Tanzania 65.0 95.9 80.5 Uganda 68.5 54.9 56.0 Zambia 44.8 41.4 28.4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1197-8W; 224300

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Civil servants Civil service Diplomatic service Department for International Development Africa Expenditure Staff Namibia Sierra Leone Nigeria Uganda Ethiopia Malawi Kenya Tanzania Zambia Angola

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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