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Departmental Conferences
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department which was cancelled before taking place in each of the last 10 years; and what costs were incurred in respect of each; [215183]
(2) if he will list the conferences hosted by his Department in each of the last two years; and what the cost was of each conference. [211686]
Gillian Merron: This information is not held centrally and would incur disproportionate costs to answer.
Departmental Databases
James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what use his Department makes of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data. [222111]
Mr. Malik: The Department for International Department (DFID) and its agencies do not make direct use of MOSAIC or ACORN data.
Departmental Disciplinary Proceedings
Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach. [223062]
Gillian Merron: The five most serious disciplinary breaches in the Department for International Development (DFID) in the last 12 months, and the response to each, are set out in the following table.
Each case was handled following DFID's Disciplinary Procedures. These procedures can be accessed by all staff through Peoplesight, which provides online guidance for staff on human resources policies and procedures as part of our intranet site.
| Disciplinary breach | Outcome |
Departmental Information
James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what types of data have been sold by his Department under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months. [222113]
Mr. Malik: Core information produced by the Department for International Development (DFID) can be reused free of charge under the terms of the Public Sector Information (PSI) Click-Use Licence which is administered by the Office of Public Sector Information in accordance with the Re-Use of Public Sector Information Regulations.
DFID and its agencies have sold no data under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many permanent staff in his Department are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team. [215569]
Gillian Merron: The Department for International Development (DFID) operates a market based internal posting system and sometimes has people between posts for short periods. Currently there are no permanent members of staff classed as surplus or part of a people action team.
Departmental Official Hospitality
Mr. Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on official entertainment in the UK in 2007-08; and what its expenditure on such entertainment is projected to be in 2008-09. [216318]
Mr. Douglas Alexander: The Department for International Development's (DFID) total spend on entertainment within administration cost budgets for 2007-08 was £271,587. Projected expenditure for entertainment for 2008-09 is £253,007.
These figures include costs for working breakfasts and lunches, refreshments at meetings and official entertainment.
It is not possible to breakdown our costs to provide amounts spent in the UK only, without incurring a disproportionate cost.
All expenditure has been made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety.
Departmental Official Residences
James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided; where they are located; and for what grade of civil servant they are provided. [222112]
Mr. Malik: The Department for International Development (DFID) does not provide residential accommodation for any staff in the United Kingdom.
Accommodation is provided for all staff posted overseas, irrespective of grade. Information is not retained centrally about the location of these properties, but as at the end of June the number of UK-based staff working overseas was 391.
Departmental Pay
Mr. Philip Hammond: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in each of the last three financial years. [221175]
Gillian Merron: We are unable to provide this information on the grounds of disproportionate cost.
All reimbursable expenses are made in accordance with published departmental guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on the principles of Managing Public Money and the Treasury handbook on Regularity and Propriety.
Departmental Procurement
James Duddridge: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will place in the Library the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in 2007-08, based on the purchase order data held in the Department's financial database. [222115]
Mr. Malik: It is not possible to disaggregate information on organisations from our creditors’ index without incurring a disproportionate cost. The names of companies that have major contracts with us are published on the Department for International Development (DFID) website:
The addresses of these companies are available from Companies House:
Departmental Public Expenditure
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how his Department treats underspend in each individual annual country budget; and if he will make a statement. [224475]
Mr. Douglas Alexander: Expected underspends in individual annual country budgets are re-allocated to other programmes within the same financial year. If this is not possible, the underspends contribute to the Department’s End of Year Flexibility entitlement.
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) underspend and (b) overspend on country budgets in his Department was in each of the last five years, broken down by county. [224511]
Mr. Douglas Alexander: The following table shows underspends and overspends against budget for country programmes for the financial years 2003-04 to 2007-08.
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