Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on how many occasions her Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.

The number of exceptions granted by the Civil Service Commission for DFID since 2010 is:

Releasing details of appointees could lead to the individual being identified and would therefore breach the legitimate expectation of an individual’s right to protection of their personal information.