Written question asked by Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid Cymru) on Monday, 3 April 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 11 April 2000. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Tuesday, 11 April 2000 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many lawyers are employed by her Department; and how many were employed in 1995. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many lawyers are employed by her Department; and how many were employed in 1995. [117809] Clare Short: My Department does not employ any lawyers to act on behalf of the Department. We buy in legal services from the Scottish Executive and Treasury Solicitors to meet our requirements. In the implementation of its overseas development assistance programme DFID employs contract staff to provide legal advisory and executive functions to overseas governments. DFID currently employs eight lawyers on this basis as compared with 21 in 1995.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 348 c84W; 117809
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Department for International Development Government departments Staff Solicitors
Contains statistics: Yes
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