Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID spent £832.97 on purchasing televisions in 2013; no televisions have been purchased in 2014 to date.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which companies in Tanzania have received how much in funding from her Department since 2010.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
Information on DFID’s projects in Tanzania is available on the Development Tracker website (http://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/). A more detailed breakdown cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate costs.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many officials employed by her Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
The number of DFID staff who have remained in the same grade since 2010, but have received a pay rise is set out below:
Grade | Number of Staff |
AA | 7 |
AO | 40 |
EO | 48 |
HEO | 55 |
SEO | 24 |
G7 | 91 |
G6 | 84 |
SCS | 29 |
Total | 378 |
The Government announced a pay freeze in 2010 which meant that all pay scales for DFID were frozen for two years (2011 and 2012) except for those earning less than the full time equivalent of £21,000. In 2013 and 2014 increases to pay scales were restricted to an average 1% cost of living increase.
All staff below the SCS within DFID have a contractual right to pay progression. Throughout the period from 2010 those staff not at the top of their pay range received an annual incremental increase.
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many mobile telephones, BlackBerrys and laptops were lost by her Department in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
Answered by Baroness Featherstone
DFID's records show the following items have been reported as lost or stolen within the requested period:
Items | Number of items lost or stolen | |
2013 | 2014 | |
Mobile telephones | 8 | 9 |
BlackBerrys | 10 | 6 |
Laptops | 14 | 8 |