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Written question asked by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Monday, 11 March 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 13 March 2013. It was answered by Alan Duncan (Conservative) on Monday, 18 March 2013 on behalf of the Department for International Development.


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Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many officials in her Department qualify for privilege days; and what the total cost to the public purse was of the number of privilege days utilised each year by such officials.

[147743]

Answer

All DFID employees have a contractual right to take 2.5 days of paid time off as privilege leave in addition to paid annual leave and public holidays. All DFID employees currently qualify for privilege days. We do not centrally record the cost of privilege days and this could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
147743; 560 c428W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Department for International Development Leave
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk