Departmental Older Workers

To ask the Solicitor-General how many people aged over (a) 55 and (b) 60 years were recruited by her Department in 2007-08; and what percentage in each case this was of the number of new recruits. (228744)

The number of people recruited over the ages of 55 and 60 in 2007-08 is illustrated in the following table.

*(a) Over 55(b) Over 60*
	Number of new recruits in 2007-08	Percentage of total new recruits	Number of new recruits in 2007-08	Percentage of total new recruits
Attorney-General’s Office	0	0	0	0
Treasury Solicitor’s Department	2	1.8	1	0.9
Crown Prosecution Service	31	4	13	1.6
Serious Fraud Office	2	4.88	0	0
Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office	0	0	0	0
HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate	1	16.67	0	0

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008