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	registered interest
	date	25/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many people were employed by the Department for International Development prior to the announcement of the merger of Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 16 June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	95661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2020 answer text <p>The total number of staff employed by Department for International Development prior to the announcement of the merger was 3414 (2655 UK based staff and 759 Staff Appointed In Country (SAIC)). The data extract closest to the reference date of 16th June 2020 is 30th June 2020.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 06/10/2020 14:45:00 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 50948 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1237944

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what proportion of staff employed by the Department for International Development were from BAME backgrounds prior to the announcement of the merger of that Department with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 16 June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	95663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>As of 30 June 2020, the proportion of staff who identified as BAME employed by the Department for International Development was 15%. This figure is for Home Civil Service staff only.</p><p>As of 30 June 2020, the proportion of staff who identified as BAME employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was 17%. This figure is for Home Civil Service and Diplomatic Service staff only.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams grouped question UIN 95664 question first answered 01/10/2020 15:05:57 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams previous answer version 50953 answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1226728

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Department for International Development: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many of his Department's staff are (a) working at posts overseas and (b) have returned from posts overseas as a result of the covid-19 outbreak; and what plans he has to ensure that those overseas posts will be maintained after the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	77633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>We have sought to protect Health and Humanitarian capacity across our network wherever possible.</p><p>Our priority is to help enable our staff to return to post as quickly as possible to deliver Her Majesty's Government priorities. However, this will only happen when it is safe to do so.</p><p>As the global impacts of COVID-19 evolve, along with the subsequent implications for our work, we are working to provide as much clarity as is feasible on how and when we can bring staff back to post and return to normal operations.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 08/09/2020 14:47:01 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion