Departments: Older Workers

David Simpson

To ask the Solicitor-General what percentage of staff in the Law Officers’ Departments were over 60 years of age in each of the last three years. (145687)

The percentages of staff in my Departments over 60 years of age in each of the last of three years, and in the year to-date are shown in the following table:

*Percentage of staff over 60*
	2004	2005	2006	2007
CPS	1.27	1.48	2.05	2.42
SFO	1.65	2.21	1.03	1.93
TSol	2.6	2.2	1.8	2.4
HMCPSI	2.08	0	0	0
RCPO	¹—	2	2	2
¹ Department not in existence

To ask the Solicitor-General how many people aged (a) over 55 years of age and (b) over 60 years of age have been recruited by her 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. (145694)

The relevant information is shown in the following table:

*Over 55Over 60*
	New recruits	Percentage of new recruits	New recruits	Percentage of new recruits
Treasury Solicitor/Attorney-General Departments
2004-05	2	1.5	0	0
2005-06	53	1.3	0	0
2006-07	92	1.0	0	0

Serious Fraud Office
2004-05	3	7.3	0	0
2005-06	1	1.75	1	1.75
2006-07	4	7.4	1	1.85

Crown Prosecution Service
2004-05	16	2.71	0	0
2005-06	13	2.39	0	0
2006-07	4	0.89	0	0

Revenue and Customs ProsecutionsOffice
2005-06	2	6.0	0	0
2006-07	2	3.0	0	0
2007—to date	0	0	0	0

HMCPSI
2004-05	1	2.08	0	0
2005-06	0	0	0	0
2006-07	1	2.13	0	0

Volume 462: debated on Tuesday 10 July 2007