To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many and what proportion of posts in his Department have been recategorised from back office to frontline posts as classified by the Gershon efficiency review in each year since 2004. (172257)

The Department for International Development (DFID) is committed to achieving work force reductions of 297 posts by the end of 2007-08. This is a net target and no posts have been reclassified under this initiative.