Department for International Development: Flags
(asked on 27th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many times the (a) Union Jack, (b) St George's flag, (c) Scottish Saltire and (d) flag of Wales has been flown from the headquarters of her Department in London in each year since 2015.
DFID flies flags in accordance with DCMS policy.
In the London office the Union Jack is flown every day that another flag is not flown. The Scottish Saltire is flown every day from the DFID office in East Kilbride, Scotland.
Since 2015, the other flags were flown from the London office as follows:
Date | St. George | Scottish Saltire | Wales Flag |
2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |