Douglas Carswell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Carswell on 2016-03-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, with reference to the Answer of 24 January 2013 to Question 139167, how many staff in her Department were in receipt of Continuity of Education Allowance in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15; and what the cost to her Department was of providing that allowance for staff based (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas in each such year.
Mr Nick Hurd
The amount spent on Education Allowance by DFID and the number of HCS staff who have benefited from education continuity payments is provided in the table below.
|
Year |
2012/13 |
2013/14 |
2014/15 |
|
Total Number of Employees |
43 |
41 |
46 |
|
Employees in UK |
£32,165.55 |
£8,178.80 |
£9,337.45 |
|
Employees Overseas |
£995,609.04 |
£995,852.61 |
£1,042,819.56 |
|
Cost |
£1,027,774.59 |
£1,004,031.41 |
£1,052,157.01 |
