To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many members of staff over the age of (a) 55 and (b) 65 years his Department employs. (278122)

Statistics for staff employed by all civil service departments are compiled and published by the Office for National Statistics from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey and are available at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/StatBase/Product.asp?vlnk=2899&Pos=&ColRank=1&Rank=422