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Civil Servants

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information the Cabinet Office holds on the average turnover rate amongst civil servants in each (a) Government department and (b) executive agency. (290037)

The Department does not hold data centrally on civil service average turnover rates among civil servants in each (a) Government Department and (b) Executive Agency.

Information on the number of leavers in the year to 31 March 2008 and the number of permanent staff as at 31 March 2008 by (a) Government Departments and (b) Executive Agency is collected by ONS as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. A copy has been placed in the Library and is available at the following ONS webpage:

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