To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of staff in his Department were over 60 years of age in each of the last three years. (145679)

The information requested is set out as follows and is at 1 April for each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people aged (a) over 55 years of age and (b) over 60 years of age have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years; and what percentage in each case this is of the number of new recruits in each year. (145707)

The information is set out in the following tables. All numbers and percentages relate to permanent staff.