Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 17 April 2019 to Question 243539, how many of those 78 DFID staff were moved from existing roles within the Department.

68 staff were in existing roles working internally to support projects related to the UK leaving the EU, with and without a deal. The additional 10 worked flexibly on EU Exit related priorities whilst maintaining parts of other roles, in line with DFID’s EU Exit prioritisation methodology which protects essential business.