HC Deb 10 May 1990 vol 172 cc224-5W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff of the Overseas Development Administration worked full time on matters concerning eastern Europe in each month in the current year; and how many staff worked part time on east European issues in each month.

Mrs. Chalker

The numbers of Overseas Development Administration staff who have worked full time on assistance to eastern Europe in each month of the current year are:

Staff
January 3
February 3
March 5
April 6

The number of staff who spend some part of their time on bilateral or multilateral matters concerning eastern Europe varies greatly from day to day. It is not possible to provide a breakdown of the numbers involved in each month.

Mr. McFall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff with the Overseas Development Administration have been relocated from work on development issues with the Third world to work on assistance to eastern Europe: and if they have been replaced.

Mrs. Chalker

To date, six ODA staff have been assigned to posts exclusively concerned with assistance to eastern Europe. All of them have been, or will be, replaced in their previous jobs.

Budgetary provision has been made for a further six such posts to be filled by the ODA in 1990–91.