Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many male staff in her Department have taken shared paternity leave in the last twelve months; and what the length of each such leave was.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
DFID cannot provide the requested information for shared paternity leave; however, we can provide the below information for paternity leave and shared parental leave in the last twelve months. DFID cannot disclose the length of each period of leave as individuals may be identified.
Paternity (Home Civil Servants (HCS) & Staff Appointed in Country (SAIC)):
Number of Male Staff (HCS & SAIC) * | HCS Days Lost | SAIC Days Lost | Total |
29 | 279 | 19 | 298 |
* We cannot provide the HCS/SAIC breakdown by count of staff for paternity leave as one of the categories is below six.
Shared Parental Leave (HCS Only):
Number of Male Staff | HCS Total Days Lost |
14 | 561 |
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many non-disclosure agreements her Department has signed with employees in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Harriett Baldwin - Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The number of non-disclosure agreements signed by DFID in each of the last five years is shown in the below table:
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Fewer than 5 | Nil | Nil | Nil | Nil |
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether electronic communications from hon. Members to Ministers in her Department are passed through any third parties before they reach their recipient.
Answered by Rory Stewart
Electronic communications are passed across the internet via internet service providers and the routing of an email between an Hon Member and a Government department is dependent on which system and service an email is sent. Ministers’ Private Offices and correspondence teams routinely handle and respond to emails on behalf of their Ministers.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many protected disclosures were made by staff in her Department in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many such disclosures were found to be valid; how many staff alleged detriment as a result of making such a disclosure; and how many staff who (a) made such a disclosure and (b) alleged detriment as a result of a disclosure subsequently left the employment of the Department.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID has had 10 protected disclosures made of which 2 were found to be valid as shown in the table below:
Year | Protected Disclosures made | Valid |
2014/15 | 2 |
|
2015/16 | 5 | 1 |
2016/17 | 3 | 1 |
No staff member has alleged detriment or left DFID as a result of the disclosure.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has spent on (a) hotels, (b) hospitality, (c) food and drink and (d) transport in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID spend on hotels, hospitality and transport since 2009/10 is shown in the table below:
2009/10 | £14,321,441 |
2010/11 | £9,566,599 |
2011/12 | £11,300,024 |
2012/13 | £11,491,665 |
2013/14 | £11,850,595 |
2014/15 | £11,107,650 |
2015/16 | £8,671,557 |
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the five most visited websites were by staff of her Department in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID does not hold this information in the format requested.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many people undertook an unpaid work placement in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many such placements lasted for longer than one month.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID has not provided unpaid work placements in the last 5 years.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on (a) iPads and tablets and (b) paper in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Rory Stewart
In the UK DFID has spent the following on:
(a) iPads and tablets:
Financial year 15/16 - £785
Financial year 16/17 - £3,664
(b) paper:
Financial year 12/13 - £11,532
Financial year 13/14 - £11,304
Financial year 14/15 - £8,022
Financial year 15/16 - £9,159
Financial year 16/17 - £6,794
There would be a disproportionate costs involved in collating this information from DFID’s offices located overseas.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many staff in her Department are employed in media relations and communications roles; and how much was spent on the salaries of such staff members in each of the last 10 years.
Answered by Rory Stewart
DFID’s central communications team has 40 staff employed in media relations and communications roles and 2 administrative support roles. 12 staff have direct responsibility for daily media relations activities.
Staff salary spend on media relations and communications roles (including administrative support roles) in each of the last ten years is detailed in the table below:
Year | Staff salaries (£) | Total staff numbers |
2006-2007 | £1,479,089 | . |
2007-2008 | £2,180,564 | . |
2008-2009 | £2,847,099 | . |
2009-2010 | £2,979,962 | 54 |
2010-2011 | £2,774,107 | 50 |
2011-2012 | £3,230,099 | 53 |
2012-2013 | £2,730,952 | 49 |
2013-2014 | £2,688,796 | 42 |
2014-2015 | £2,815,247 | 42 |
2015-2016 | £2,650,672 | 42 |