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 the (a) job title and (b)
pay band is of each official, excluding special advisers, recruited by
his Department since May 2010 who was previously employed in any
capacity by the (i) Conservative party or its elected representatives
and (ii) Liberal Democrat party or its elected representatives; and
whether their position was advertised publicly;
(2) what the (a) job title and (b)
pay band is of each official, excluding special advisers, recruited by
his Department since May 2010 who previously held an elected position as
a member of the (i) Conservative party and (ii) Liberal Democrat party;
and whether their position was advertised publicly.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
DFID
does not maintain a central record of previous employers of DFID staff,
nor would DFID consider it appropriate to record or seek information
about any position they might have hold in any political party.
All
DFID appointments comply with the Civil Service Commissioners
Recruitment Principles (on merit on the basis of fair and open
competition) or by ‘exception’ as permitted by the principles.
DFID
staff are also made aware of their responsibilities in respect of
political activities and impartiality through the Civil Service Code and
the DFID intranet guidance.
