§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many employees of(a) her Department and (b) agencies sponsored by her Department work in (i) London, (ii) areas benefiting from EU objective 1 status, (iii) areas with objective 2 status and (iv) other areas. [16109]
§ Clare Short(a) The numbers of staff employed by DFID in the United Kingdom as at 1 September 2001 were:
- (i) London—826
- (ii) In areas benefiting from EU objective 1 status—nil
- (iii) In areas with EU objective 2 status, other than London—nil
- (iv) In other areas—540 (in east Kilhride).
(b) There are no agencies sponsored by DFID.