The strength and reputation of the UK’s world-class aid delivery is in large part due to the skills and experience of DFID staff. We recommend that the Government makes staff retention a priority and implements a clear strategy for retaining DFID staff with valuable technical and programming expertise. This will require recognising DFID’s unique character as a Whitehall Department and preserving the ethos. There should also be clarity on how the Government intends to resolve any remuneration ...

The strength and reputation of the UK’s world-class aid delivery is in large part due to the skills and experience of DFID staff. We recommend that the Government makes staff retention a priority and implements a clear strategy for retaining DFID staff with valuable technical and programming expertise. This will require recognising DFID’s unique character as a Whitehall Department and preserving the ethos. There should also be clarity on how the Government intends to resolve any remuneration differentials between the two Departments before the 1 September merger date. Type: recommendation | Number: 6 | Paragraph: 19 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: DFID’s amassed world class expertise is rightly a source of national pride and has helped transform hundreds of millions of lives around the world. Their ambition, vision and expertise will be at the heart of the FCDO. We have initiated a comprehensive programme of staff engagement setting out the v