Speeches

John Denham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for International Development

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Denham on 2014-06-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, which overseas organisations funded by her Department restrict employment to members of particular faiths.

Lynne Featherstone

DFID does not fund any organisation that state they specifically restrict employment to members of particular faiths. However, we acknowledge that certain posts require a particular understanding of the faith-based values and beliefs of individual organisations.