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Mr. Onslow
asked the Minister for the Civil Service what is currently the average time that an assistant Under-Secretary remains in the same post in each Government Department.
Mr. Charles R. Morris
The average length by Department of all Under-Secretary postings which terminated between 1st January 1976 and the present day, together with all posting still continuing is:
| Years | Months | |
| Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food | 3 | 1 |
| Civil Service Department | 2 | 5 |
| Ministry of Defence | 2 | 5 |
| Department of Education and Science | 2 | 8 |
| Department of Employment Group | 3 | 3 |
| Department of the Environment and Transport | 2 | 3 |
| Department of Health and Social Security | 2 | 10 |
| Home Office | 2 | 9 |
| Inland Revenue | 3 | 11 |
| Departments of Trade and Industry Group (including Department of Energy) | 2 | 9 |
| Scottish Office | 2 | 9 |
| Treasury | 2 | 2 |
| All other Departments | 2 | 11 |