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Written Question
Department for International Development: Sign Language
Wednesday 13th September 2017

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department takes to provide (a) information on its services in British Sign Language (BSL) and (b) correspondence in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL.

Answered by Rory Stewart

DFID provides information and correspondence in British Sign Language (BSL) on request, or when a specific need has been identified.

Written Question
Employment Agencies
Tuesday 3rd February 2015

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department have been employed through employment or recruitment agencies in each year since 2010-11.

Answered by Desmond Swayne

DFID workforce management information, containing detail on consultant, temporary staff and contingent labour, is available on the government website at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfid-workforce-management-information-public-body/ . This includes information from 2010-11 up to and including August 2014.