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539673

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	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 International Development, whether her Department employs staff with responsibility for developing best practice on withdrawing bilateral programmes from countries that transition to middle-income status.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	43167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Transition planning and development of best practice is led by the relevant country office, with support from officials in the UK and across regions. Each transition process has been different depending on circumstance. ICAI is currently undertaking a review of DFID’s approach to transition and their report is due to be published towards the end of 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/07/2016 11:29:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

595926

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	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 International Development, what proportion of staff on the payroll of her Department who work in Westminster are (a) British nationals and (b) nationals of another country.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	47588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>All Government Departments are bound by legal requirements concerning the right to work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.</p><p>Evidence of nationality is checked at the point of recruitment into the Civil Service as part of wider pre-employment checks, but there is no requirement on departments to retain this information beyond the point at which it has served its purpose.</p><p>More broadly, the Government will be consulting in due course on how we work with business to ensure that workers in this country have the skills that they need to get a job. But there are no proposals to publish lists of the number or proportion of foreign workers.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 17:11:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

523113

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	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 International Development, what proportion of staff in her Department were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	39386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID provides monthly workforce management information as part of its commitment to transparency. Information on staff numbers and costs is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body</a>.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Sir Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/06/2016 16:29:53 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

523115

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	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 International Development, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in her Department in 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	39473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID provides monthly workforce management information as part of its commitment to transparency. Information on staff numbers and costs is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body</a>.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Sir Desmond Swayne question first answered 13/06/2016 16:28:52 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

454261

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	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 International Development, how many staff leaving employment at her Department in the last three years have subsequently been rehired within 12 months by the (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (b) Ministry of Defence, (c) Department for Energy and Climate Change, (d) Department for Culture, Media and Sport, (e) Cabinet Office and (f) HM Treasury.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	28141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2016 answer text <p>DFID would not record or have access to details of former employees who have been rehired by other government departments.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 26/02/2016 14:24:25 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

443312

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	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 International Development, how many people of each gender work in her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester West
	tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
	uin	21478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>DFID provides quarterly reports to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). The information provided at 31 December was as follows:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>914</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2066</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Mr Desmond Swayne question first answered 12/01/2016 14:39:52 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

523591

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	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 International Development, how many officials of her Department have applied for special leave to carry out work for non-governmental departments in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Tom Watson
	uin	39722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>DFID’s policy on special leave is specific and does not extend to working for other organisations. There has only been one exception to this policy in the last 12 months. As this relates to a single individual any further information is being withheld because releasing these details could lead to the individual being identified and would therefore breach the legitimate expectation of an individual’s right to protection of their personal information.</p> answering member constituency New Forest West answering member printed Sir Desmond Swayne question first answered 14/06/2016 16:21:39 answering member 55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

595925

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	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 International Development, approximately how many (a) British and (b) non-British nationals are employed cleaning the Westminster estate of her Department.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	47566
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>DFID utilises a cross government contract for cleaning services in their UK estates.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 14/10/2016 17:11:18 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh