Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to her letter to the Chair of the International Development Committee of the 18 March 2019 on redeployment of her Department's staff, if she will publish (a) which Departments have requested short-term support roles and (b) how many of the 170 staff each Department has requested.
DFID has deployed 74 staff, as at 14 March 2019, into short term support roles. The breakdown by department is as follows:
Other Government Department | Total |
HMRC (B.I.G) | 15 |
BEIS | Less than 5 |
CO | Less than 5 |
DCMS | Less than 5 |
DEFRA | 23 |
DExEU | 7 |
DIT | 16 |
DIT (TfD) | Less than 5 |
FCO | 7 |
NIO | Less than 5 |
Total | 74 |
The 170 roles under consideration by DFID, referenced in the letter to the Chair of the International Development Committee, formed the basis of a cross government request, the breakdown of this request by department is as follows:
Requesting department | Roles put to DFID |
Border Delivery Group | 25 |
DCMS | 9 |
DEFRA | 27 |
DExEU | 39 |
DIT | 21 |
FCO | 5 |
HO | 49 |
Total | 175 |