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Departmental Pay

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on such bonuses in each of those years. [249867]

Gillian Merron: The information requested is as follows:

Departmental Secondment

Mr. Keith Simpson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials in his Department are on secondment, broken down by (a) job title, (b) grade and (c) Department or institution from which they are seconded. [253707]

Gillian Merron [holding answer 2 February 2009]: As at 1 January 2009 there were 267 officials seconded to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from a wide range of other Government Departments or institutions.
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The 267 officials comprise 29 senior management level, 11 at D7, 98 at D6, 31 at C5, 84 at C4, 13 at B3 and one at A2 level. For security reasons it would be inappropriate to provide a breakdown by job title and Department or institution.

Departmental Training

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on digital media training courses provided by the Internet Advertising Bureau in 2008; how many such training sessions were held in 2008; and how many staff in his Department attended at least one such training course. [252268]

Caroline Flint: We are not aware of any digital media training courses provided by the Internet Advertising Bureau for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2008.


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