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Departmental Security

Volume 502: debated on Monday 7 December 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many security passes his Department has issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months. (303943)

All consultants who require access to a Department for International Development (DFID) office, whether they are providing consultancy or other services, are issued with a temporary security pass after security clearance procedures have been completed. Those contractors providing services without a need to work in a DFID office are not issued a security pass. Disaggregating the number of security passes issued to contractors providing consultancy services in the last 12 months would incur disproportionate costs.