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Departmental Staff

Volume 447: debated on Tuesday 13 June 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what opportunities exist for people to work beyond retirement age in his Department. (69006)

Staff may retire on reaching the age of 60 or work until they are 65 or retire at any time between 60 and 65 subject to giving three months notice. Staff in the senior civil service may work beyond 60 if there is a business requirement for them to do so. For all other staff the current maximum retirement age is 65 and they are not retained after that age other than in cases of exceptional departmental need.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of the staff in his Department is (a) male, (b) female and (c) disabled, broken down by grade. (69008)

The following statistics refer to Staff in Post at 1 April 2006.

Percentage of staff in post in the DTI

Grade1

Male

Female

Declared disability

Senior civil service

72

28

4

Band C

65

35

6

Band B

55

45

9

Band A

37

63

12

Fast stream

52

48

6

DTI total2

57

43

8

1 Grade bands—the grade structure at the DTI is split into three bands. The equivalent civil service grades are as follows: Band C—senior executive officer (SEO) to grade 6 Band B—executive officer (EO) to higher executive officer (HEO) Band A—administrative assistant (AA) to administrative officer (AO) 2 Including UK Trade and Investment and Office of Manpower Economics Note: Departmental records of disabled staff are solely based on voluntary declaration of disability under the Disability Discrimination Act and not connected in any way to a formal register of disability.