The Department does not routinely collate age related data on job applicants and interviewees and this can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The following table shows provisional data on people given temporary and permanent jobs in the Department in 2007. These figures exclude DSA and VGA, which can only collate the data as requested at a disproportionate cost.
Age Group Temporary Permanent 30 to 39 76 234 40 to 49 57 188 50 to 59 57 120 60 to 69 8 10 Total 198 552