§ Mr. AncramTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development in which countries the Department is represented; how many staff are employed in each location, broken down by(a) UK nationals and (b) locally employed; what the annual cost of maintaining representation in each of the countries was in 2003–04; and what the total expenditure by his Department on overseas representation was in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2003. [166210]
Mr. Gareth Thomas[holding answer 19 April 2004]: Details of DFID staff, by each location, broken down by (a) non-locally employed (those staff who are not locally employed are not solely UK nationals) and (b) locally employed, are listed in the following table. These figures include secondments to other organisations or projects.
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Location Non-locally employed staff Locally employed staff Total Cost of maintaining overseas representation 2003–04 (£ million) Afghanistan1 9 6 15 0.913 Angola 1 0 1 2.510 Anguilla 2 0 2 (See Barbados) Bangladesh 25 130 155 7.272 Barbados 10 21 31 2.730 Belgium 1 0 1 0.083 Belize 1 2 3 0.233 Bolivia 2 10 12 0.596 Botswana 1 0 1 0.060 Brazil 4 9 13 1.114 Bulgaria 1 0 1 0.213 Burundi 1 2 3 (See Angola) Cambodia 2 3 5 1.042 China 20 18 38 3.898 Congo 5 0 5 (See Angola) DFID Pacific Region 1 0 1 0.490 Thailand (including Burma and Thailand) 15 17 32 2.228 Egypt 1 0 1 0.065 Ethiopia 13 31 44 1.826 France 4 0 4 0.422 Gambia 1 0 1 0.160 Ghana 12 36 48 2.517 Guyana 3 4 7 0.452 Honduras 1 5 6 0.363 India 28 140 168 7.530 Indonesia 5 4 9 0.706 Iraq2 7 0 7 0.165 Italy 5 3 8 0.388 Jamaica 2 0 2 0.489 Kazakhstan 1 0 1 0.119 Kenya 16 34 50 3.167 Kosovo 1 5 6 0.384 Kyrgyzstan 1 3 4 0.210 Lesotho 1 0 1 0.180 Malawi 15 51 66 2.392 Moldova 0 3 3 0.133 Montserrat 2 4 6 0.270 Mozambique 14 16 30 2.400 Nepal 16 53 69 2.087 Nigeria 21 61 82 3.691 Nicaragua 3 12 15 0.580 Pakistan2 7 17 24 1.509 Palestinian Territories 1 1 2 0.310 Peru 2 6 8 0.564 Romania 1 0 1 0.268 Russia 4 14 18 1.748 Rwanda 8 17 25 (See Angola) Serbia 1 4 5 0.248 Sierra Leone 7 0 7 1.172 Data are not available centrally by country for DFID representation only.
The table also includes cost figures by country; these are limited to the cost of representation and hence exclude costs associated with external secondments and projects. Where we have been unable to provide an individual country breakdown of expenditure we have included information for the region. These figures represent planned expenditure for 2003–04 and are subject to final outturn revisions.
Comparable expenditure figures for 2001 and 2002 are not available because in 2003–04 DFID introduced a new definition of administration costs to include costs for staff, travel and allowances that were previously paid from the programme budget. The change in definition will increase transparency and enable DFID to manage its administrative costs more effectively, but it precludes providing comparable figures for earlier years.
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Location Non-locally employed staff
Locally employed staff
Total Cost of maintaining overseas representation 2003–04
(£ million)
South Africa (including Namibia) 17 54 71 3.924 Sri Lanka 2 3 5 0.562 Sudan 2 0 2 (See Angola) Switzerland 3 0 3 0.302 Tanzania 15 29 44 3.141 Uganda 21 35 56 3.588 Ukraine 2 8 10 0.657 USA 6 0 6 0.088 Vietnam 11 18 29 1.380 Yemen 1 1 2 0.078 Zambia 13 20 33 2.500 Zimbabwe 7 19 26 1.707 Grand Totals 405 929 1,334 77.824 1 West Asia records figures for Afghanistan and Pakistan together, the estimate of separate office costs is therefore an estimate for 2003–04 2 UK presence in Iraq since November 2003. DFID staff costs recorded only, support costs were met by the US Military for 2003–04.