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		Written answer
	answer has question	USZ5ZsiM
	answer has answering person	Wendy Morton
	answer text	<p>DFID along with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is leading on the UK Government’s international response to COVID-19. DFID is surging staff internally to support this effort as its priority.</p><p>57 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff have been moved into a new central team coordinating the overall COVID-19 response and a further 4 FTE staff have been surged into this team from across government. Delivery of the response itself is spread across the Department, with many staff across our International, Economic Development, Policy, Science and Research and geographical/corporate Divisions focusing on the immediate COVID-19 response and longer-term recovery.</p><p>DFID has loaned staff with specific skillsets to other government departments in support of their COVID-19 work. 9 FTE staff have been deployed to support other government departments at this time.</p>
	answer given date	2020-05-12
	answer has answering body	Department for International Development
	written answer has answering body	Department for International Development
Department for International Development	answering body has written answer	YmUWBp6p
Department for International Development	answering body has answer	YmUWBp6p
USZ5ZsiM	question has answer	YmUWBp6p
Wendy Morton	answering person has answer	YmUWBp6p