HC Deb 03 July 2000 vol 353 c2W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to her answer to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Mr. Willis) of 8 February 2000,Official Report, column 89W, on secondments, if she will give the names, grades and job titles of the staff seconded into her Department from each organisation mentioned, stating in each case the name of the section they were seconded to and a summary of the work that they were involved with. [128252]

Clare Short

The figures given in the reply of 8 February referred to four individuals, all of whom were seconded for periods of more than 12 months and thus figured in the statistics for more than one of the years dealt with in the reply. The information required is as follows:

Clare Short

My Department's delegation to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session in Geneva last week, which followed up the Copenhagen Social Summit five years ago, was led by my Chief Social Development Adviser, supported by other senior DFID social development professionals and officials.