Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many civil servants in her Department are in the redeployment pool.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
DFID has 10 staff at present in its redeployment pool of staff who have become surplus due to the role they were filling either having been discontinued, or it having been confirmed to them that their role will be discontinued.
For those whose roles have already been discontinued (5 staff), temporary work has been found whilst we continue to look for more appropriate longer term positions for them.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate she has made of the cost of using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The table below confirms DFID’s spend on using external agencies for recruitment to Senior Civil Service posts in the last five years.
Year | Spend |
2012/13 | £14,760 |
2013/14 | £40,500 |
2015/16 | £38,000 |
As part of its long-term economic plan, this Government has reduced the size of the Civil Service by 22%, adjusting for Machinery of Government changes that moved staff into and out of the Civil Service since the 2010 General Election, representing a significant increase in efficiency and productivity that helped save taxpayers £2.8 billion last year alone.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what average time her Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.
Answered by Desmond Swayne
The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 within central government, including on timeliness. These can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics.