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Written question asked by Preet Kaur Gill (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 March 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 March 2019 (named day). It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 25 March 2019 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Department for International Development: Secondment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her letter to the Chair of the International Development Committee of the 18 March 2019 on redeployment of her Department's staff, if she will publish (a) which Departments have requested short-term support roles and (b) how many of the 170 staff each Department has requested.

Answer

DFID has deployed 74 staff, as at 14 March 2019, into short term support roles. The breakdown by department is as follows:

Other Government Department

Total

HMRC (B.I.G)

15

BEIS

Less than 5

CO

Less than 5

DCMS

Less than 5

DEFRA

23

DExEU

7

DIT

16

DIT (TfD)

Less than 5

FCO

7

NIO

Less than 5

Total

74

The 170 roles under consideration by DFID, referenced in the letter to the Chair of the International Development Committee, formed the basis of a cross government request, the breakdown of this request by department is as follows:

Requesting department

Roles put to DFID

Border Delivery Group

25

DCMS

9

DEFRA

27

DExEU

39

DIT

21

FCO

5

HO

49

Total

175

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
234783
Session
2017-19
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