To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which staff in his Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b) salaries met (i) in part and (ii) in whole (A) from public funds and (B) by the charity from which they are seconded. (102414)

The Department for International Development (DFID) currently has one secondee from Oxfam who has been posted to DFID's office in Lusaka, Zambia.

DFID are meeting all costs (including salary costs) for this seven month secondment which commenced in November 2006.