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15.1 | Civilian personnel
902.  Figure 4 shows the number of DFID staff and contractors deployed to Basra
between 2003 and 2009.
903.  The underlying data, reproduced in Table 9 at the end of this Section, show that,
between June and December 2006, DFID deployments to Basra more than halved,
from 44 to 21.591 The number of personnel recovered to 29 in June 2008, but never
returned to the level seen between June 2005 and June 2006, or during the earlier
CPA period.
Figure 4: DFID staff and contractors deployed to Basra, 2003‑2009592
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ORHA/CPA Basra
DFID Basra
Basra PRT
UK share of the Coalition civilian deployment
904.  Data on civilian personnel compiled by the US Government during the CPA period
shared many of the flaws of UK data for the same period. An audit of CPA personnel
management by the Office of the CPA Inspector General in June 2004 found that:
“… by the end of January 2004, many distinct personnel tracking mechanisms
appeared that were intended to provide accountability for select groups of
individuals. In addition, contractors were tracking their own employees. As of
March 8, 2004, the CPA believed it had a total of 1,196 personnel assigned to
CPA operations in Baghdad. The CPA had been authorized 2,117 positions.
The 1,196 included all military and civilian personnel assigned to CPA operations
in Baghdad …” 593
591  Letter Lowcock to Aldred, 24 June 2013, [untitled] attaching Table, [untitled].
592  Letter Lowcock to Aldred, 24 June 2013, [untitled] attaching Table, [untitled].
593  Office of the Inspector General Coalition Provisional Authority, Audit Report Number 04‑002, 25 June
2004, Management of Personnel Assigned to the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad, Iraq.
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