International Development written question – answered at on 16 January 2012.
Luciana Berger
Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many speechwriters his Department employs at each pay grade.
Alan Duncan
The Minister of State, Department for International Development
The Department for International Development employs one speechwriter at A2 grade.
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