HC Deb 20 June 2000 vol 352 cc123-4W
Mr. Baldry

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff and at what

grades her Department employs in (a) Kazakhstan, (b) Uzbekistan, (c) Turkmenistan, (d) Tajikistan and (e)Kyrgyzstan.[126432]

Clare Short

Our programmes in these countries are small or non-existent and administered by Embassy staff, who are appointed by the FCO, and Staff Appointed In Country (SAIC). Details of staff and their grades for each country are as follows:

  1. (a) Kazakhstan
    • DS9 (also covers programme in Kyrgyzstan)—70 per cent.
    • DS7 (also covers programme in Kyrgyzstan)—15 per cent.
    • SAIC Grade III—100 per cent.
  2. (b) Uzbekistan
    • DS9–15 per cent.
    • SAIC II—100 per cent.
  3. (c) Turkmenistan
    • DS9–15 per cent.
    • SAIC III—100 per cent.
  4. (d) Tajikistan
    • No staff employed
  5. (e) Kyrgyzstan
    • SAIC Grade II—100 per cent.
    • SAIC Grade III—100 per cent.
My Department also employs two Assistant Professional Officers on DFID rural livelihoods activities within a World bank project.

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