Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, in which countries full-time or full-time equivalent DFID officials are employed to work on freedom of religion or belief.

DFID interventions must include analysis of the different needs, rights and patterns of discrimination due to many factors including religion. DFID officials are employed to undertake this analysis as part of their day-to-day work in all of the countries where we have country offices. The full list of countries in which DFID operates can be found on the following website https://devtracker.dfid.gov.uk/