Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the effect of secondment of staff to other Government Departments on her Department's ability to deliver its core mission.
DFID has undertaken a detailed prioritisation exercise to assess the internal resource required to maintain essential delivery. For DFID, this entails meeting the legal commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI (Gross National Income) on international development in an effective and value for money way and the ability to respond to humanitarian emergencies.