Departments: Older Workers

David Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of staff in his Department were over 60 years of age in each of the last three years.

Gillian Merron
The figures requested are as follows:

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|    |Percentage|
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|2005|5.1       |
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|2006|5.0       |
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|2007|5.4       |
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David Simpson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people aged (a) over 55 years of age and (b) over 60 years of age have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years; and what percentage in each case this is of the number of new recruits in each year.

Gillian Merron
The following table provides details of responses from DfT and its agencies to the request for information.

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|       |Number over 55|Percentage new recruits|Number over 60|Percentage new recruits|Total new recruits|
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|2004-05|155           |8.5                    |68            |3.75                   |1,818             |
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|2005-06|227           |8.9                    |82            |3.2                    |2,565             |
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|2006-07|109           |6.3                    |35            |2.0                    |1,729             |
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