Conservative Party and Liberal Democrats
International Development
Sharon Hodgson (Washington and Sunderland West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development
(1) what (a) grants and (b)
contracts his Department has awarded to companies or organisations run
by individuals who were previously employed in any capacity by (i) the
Conservative party or its elected representatives and (ii) the Liberal
Democrat party or its elected representatives since May 2010; what the
(A) value and (B) nature was of these contracts; and whether they were
publicly advertised;
(2) what (a) grants and (b)
contracts his Department has awarded to companies or organisations run
by individuals who previously held an elected position as a member of
the (i) Conservative party and (ii) Liberal Democrat party since May
2010; what the (A) value and (B) nature was of these contracts; and
whether they were publicly advertised;
(3)
which individuals have been paid by his Department for consultancy or
other services who were previously employed in any capacity by the (a) Conservative party or its elected representatives and (b)
Liberal Democrat party or its elected representatives since May 2010;
what the (i) cost and (ii) nature was of the services provided; and
whether they were publicly advertised;
(4)
which individuals have been paid by his Department for consultancy or
other services who previously held an elected position as a member of
the (a) Conservative party and (b) Liberal Democrat party
since May 2010; what the (i) cost and (ii) nature was of the services
provided; and whether they were publicly advertised.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
As part of this Government's Transparency Agenda, since January 2011, all centrally issued DFID contracts over the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.
