§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many were employed by her Department in offices overseas on(a) 1 May 1997 and (b) 1 February 2000. [109194]
§ Clare ShortEighty-nine UK-appointed staff were working in the Overseas Offices of the Overseas Development Administration as at 1 January 1997 (the closest date to 1 May 1997 for which figures are available). The figure for 1 January 2000 (the latest date available) is 132 staff.
Figures for staff appointed in-country were not collected centrally in 1997. The figure for staff appointed locally by the Department's Overseas Offices on 1 January 2000 was 314.