HC Deb 13 June 2003 vol 406 cc256-7W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development how many agency workers have been employed by the Department in each of the last two years; and at what cost to public funds. [115206]

Hilary Benn

DFID does not maintain a central record of agency workers employed in our headquarters offices in London and East Kilbride. We have obtained information directly from the various agencies we use, although not all agencies hold records for all the data requested.

The information set out in the following table is therefore incomplete, but does provide a reasonable approximation of the numbers and costs.

£000
Country Total DFID programme
British Virgin Islands 1993–94 1,515
1994–95 308
1995–96 592
1996–97 1,085
1997–98 604
1998–99 622
1999–00 517
2000–01 186
2001–02 89
Cayman Islands 1993–94 3
1994–95 86
1995–96 21
1996–97 0
1997–98 0
1998–99 23
1999–00 18
2000–01 20
2001–02 3
Montserrat 1993–94 5,689
1994–95 5,766
1995–96 6,554
1996–97 14,441
1997–98 37,866
1998–99 31,096
1999–00 22,640
2000–01 20,811
2001–02 24,417
£000
Country Total DFID programme
Pitcairn Islands 1993–94 108
1994–95 180
1995–96 203
1996–97 160
1997–98 76
1998–99 148
1999–00 99
2000–01 18
2001–02 26
St. Helena 1993–94 9,057
1994–95 8,161
1995–96 9,267
1996–97 7,990
1997–98 8,765
1998–99 8,805
1999–00 9,363
2000–01 10,116
2001–02 10,106
Turks and Caicos Islands 1993–94 10,049
1994–95 4,387
1995–96 2,674
1996–97 3,031
1997–98 2,569
1998–99 3,808
1999–00 4,044
2000–01 2,848
2001–02 2,754
Bermuda 1993–94 24
1994–95 37
1995–96 30
1996–97 57
1997–98 30
1998–99 0
1999–00 13
2000–01 4
2001–02 0
Falkland Islands and Deps 1993–94 12
1994–95 88
1995–96 19
1996–97 4
1997–98 0
1998–99 0
1999–00 0
2000–01 0
2001–02 0
Gibraltar 1993–94 142
1994–95 179
1995–96 77
1996–97 118
1997–98 54
1998–99 28
1999–00 23
2000–01 27
2001–02 23

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