Parole Board: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) caseworkers, (b) administrative staff at administrative officer or executive officer level and (c) staff at higher executive officer level or above were recruited to work at the Parole Board in each of the last five years; and how many of those positions were advertised (i) internally only and (ii) internally and externally. (289558)

Figures where Parole Board posts were advertised are available only for the last three years. The following table sets out the information available:

Grade	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Administrative assistant	0	0	2 external only
Administrative officer	3 internal and external	5 internal and external	4 internal and external
Executive officer	2 internal and external. 1 external only	1 internal only. 3 internal and external. 1 external only	18 internal and external
Higher executive officer and above	2 external only	3 external only	4 internal and external. 4 external only

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) caseworkers, (b) administrative staff at administrative officer or executive officer level and (c) staff at higher executive officer level or above have left the employment of the Parole Board in each of the last five years. (289559)

The number of staff, by grade, that have left the Parole Board, is set out in the following table:

	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08	2008-09
Administrative assistant (AA)	2	1	0	0	0
Administrative officer (AO)	2	8	7	5	8
Executive officer (EO)	0	1	3	2	9
Higher executive officer (HEO)	1	1	1	1	2
Senior executive officer (SEO)	0	0	1	0	1
Secretary/personal secretary	0	1	0	0	0
Typist	0	0	1	0	1
Grade 7	0	0	0	0	0

Volume 497: debated on Thursday 15 October 2009