The information is as follows.
Number of staff dismissed 2002 10 2003 15 2004 11 2005 14 2006 9 2007 11 2008 9
Information for earlier years is not available.
The total number of staff dismissed for reasons of under-performance, including both capability and attendance over the period 2002-08 inclusive is 25. A breakdown by individual year cannot be provided on the grounds of confidentiality.
I have asked the Chief Executives of Companies House and Insolvency Service to provide separate data for the respective agencies.
Letter from Gareth Jones, dated 3 June 2009:
I am replying on behalf of Companies House to your Parliamentary Question tabled on 6 May 2009, UIN 274184, to the Minister of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Companies House only has computer records of dismissals from 2004 onwards. The cost of obtaining information for previous years would be disproportionate.
There have been no dismissals for under performance since 2004. The total number of dismissals is as follows:
Number 2004 1 2005 5 2006 8 2007 6 2008 3 2009 to date 2
Letter from Stephen Speed, dated 3 June 2009:
The Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has asked me to reply to you directly in respect of your question (2008/2880) asking how many member of staff in his Department and its agencies were dismissed (a) for under-performance and (b) in total in each of the last 10 years.
The numbers of dismissals within The Insolvency Service are shown in the table below:
The figures shown for under-performance include dismissals due to unsatisfactory attendance:
Dismissals for under-performance Total number of dismissals 1999 1 1 2000 3 4 2001 5 9 2002 6 7 2003 4 4 2004 14 15 2005 4 6 2006 10 11 2007 12 16 2008 9 14 2009 (to date) 2 2