EU Aid Projects (Hansard, 26 January 2004)

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list current EU aid projects. [149980]

Mr. Gareth Thomas
A breakdown of European Commission official development assistance in 2002 by country/region and sector, and details of individual project commitments can be found in the "Annual Report 2003 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the EC Development Policy and the Implementation of External Assistance in 2002"; a copy of which is in the Library of the House. Copies of the EC's Country and Regional Strategy Papers can be obtained from its website (www.europa.eu.int).

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in his Department devote a proportion of their working time to involvement in EU aid projects, broken down by grade. [149981]
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Mr. Gareth Thomas
DFID's European Union department currently has a complement of 15 staff, headed by a Senior Civil Service Grade 5, and including four middle management grades and 10 junior management and administrative officers.
In addition, staff across the range of departments within DFID are engaged on work related to the EC's development assistance programmes. It is not possible to provide a breakdown by grade.