UK Export Finance: Environment Protection
(asked on 21st February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February to Question 14007 on UK Export Finance: Fossil Fuels, what the (a) annual budget of and (b) number of full-time equivalent staff in the UK Export Finance Environmental, Social and Human Rights team was in each of the last five years.
The numbers of full-time equivalent members of staff in the environmental, social and human rights team at the end of each of the last four years, and on 28 February 2020, were as follows:
| Full-time equivalent staff in post |
28 February 2020 | 6 |
31 March 2019 | 7 |
31 March 2018 | 4 |
31 March 2017 | 4 |
31 March 2016 | 4 |
The annual budget for the team for the last five years was as follows:
a) Year | b) Team budget (excluding salary costs in column (c) | c) Mean salary costings, grossed for tax, NI and pension contributions[1] |
2019/20 | £ 100,000 | £ 445,691.40 |
2018/19 | £ 50,000 | £ 477,055.60 |
2017/18 | £ 150,000 | £ 294,106.40 |
2016/17 | £ 150,000 | £ 274,666.00 |
2015/16 | £ 150,000 | £ 284,144.00 |
[1] The figures quoted are the median grade salaries for the numbers of each member of UKEF staff in post on the ESHR Team at the end of each financial year, ‘grossed up’ to account for tax, national insurance contributions and pension contributions.