Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 218242, in which country each of the contacts with private security companies was operating; and if she will make a statement.
DFID has held a total of 8 centrally let contracts with private security companies since 2008. The table below provides the details of where these contracts were operating.
Country | Number of Contracts | Contracts still active |
U.K. | 3 | 1 |
Kenya | 2 | |
Kenya and Somalia | 1 | |
India | 2 |