Civil Service: Retirement Question Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average age of retirement in the Civil Service in each department, excluding the senior Civil Service. [HL500] Baroness Crawley The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply. Letter from Jil Matheson, National Statistician, to Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, dated December 2009 As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what is the average age of retirement in the Civil Service in each department, excluding the senior Civil Service. (HL500). The Office for National Statistics collects data on leavers from the Civil Service as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES). The requested data are attached at Annex A. Annex A ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Permanent employees |Years | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |31 March 2008 |Average age of retirement2| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Attorney General’s departments | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crown Prosecution Service |59 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Serious Fraud Office |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Treasury Solicitor |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (excl agencies)3|61 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Companies House |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Insolvency Service |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of Fair Trading |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of Gas and Electricity Market |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Postal Services Commission |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cabinet Office | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cabinet Office excl agencies |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other Cabinet Office agencies | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Office of Information |58 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National School of Government |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of the Parliamentary Counsel |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Charity Commission | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Charity Commission |63 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Children, Schools and Families | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Children, Schools and Families3 |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Communities and Local Government | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Communities and Local Governments3 |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fire Service College |62 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ordnance Survey |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Planning Inspectorate |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Queen Elizabeth Il Conference Centre |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Culture, Media and Sport | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Culture Media and Sports3 |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Parks |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Defence | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ministry of Defence |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Fleet Auxiliary |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Army Base Repair Organisation |64 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Defence Aviation Repair Agency |64 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Defence Science and Technology Laboratory |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Meteorological Office |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |UK Hydrographic Office |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs3 |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science |59 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Science Laboratory |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Decontamination Services |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Marine Fisheries Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |OFWAT |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pesticides Safety Directorate |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Rural Payments Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Animal Health |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Veterinary Laboratories Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Veterinary Medicines Directorate |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Export Credits Guarantee Department | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Export Credit Guarantee Department |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Foreign and Commonwealth Office | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl agencies) |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wilton Park Executive Agency |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Health | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department of Health (excl agencies) |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Food Standards Agency |61 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Meat Hygiene Service |61 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Healthcare Purchasing and Supplies |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |NHS Business Services Authority |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Revenue and Customs | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Revenue and Customs |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Valuation Office |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Treasury | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Treasury |56 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Chancellor’s other departments | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Debt Management Office |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Actuary’s Department |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Savings and Investments |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of Government Commerce |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |OGC Buying Solutions |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office for National Statistics'' |58 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Royal Mint |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Home Office | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Home office (excl agencies)3 |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Criminal Records Bureau |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Identity and Passport Service |62 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Border and Immigration Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Innovation, Universities and Skills | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Weights and Measures Laboratory |61 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |UK Intellectual Property Office |61 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |International Development | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for International Development |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Justice | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ministry of Justice (excl agencies) |58 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Courts Service |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Land Registry |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Archives |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Public Guardianship Office |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tribunals Service |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scotland Office |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales Office |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Public Sector Prison Service |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland Office | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Northern Ireland Office |63 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ofsted | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ofsted |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Security and Intelligence Services | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Security and Intelligence Services |57 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Transport | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Transport3 |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency |57 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Driving Standards Agency |62 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Government Car and Despatch Agency |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Highways Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Maritime and Coastguard Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of Rail Regulation |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Vehicle Certification Agency |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Vehicle and Operator Services Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Work and Pensions | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |DWP Corporate and Shared Services |58 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Jobcentre Plus |59 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disability and Carers Service |59 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pension Service |55 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Child Support Agency |59 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Health and Safety Executive |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Rent Service |57 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Government | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Government (excl agencies) |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service |57 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Courts Group |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Communities Scotland |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fisheries Research Services |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |General Register Scotland |59 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Inspectorate of Education |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Historic Scotland |+ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Mental Health Tribunal Scotland |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Archive for Scotland |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of Accountant in Bankruptcy |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office for the Scottish Charity Regulator |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Registers of Scotland |58 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Agricultural Scientific Agency |61 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Buildings Standards Agency |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Court Service |61 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Prison Service |55 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Public Pensions Agency |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Social Work Inspection Agency |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Student Awards Agency |- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Transport Scotland |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Welsh Assembly | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Welsh Assembly Government |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |ESTN |.. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All employees |60 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES). 1 Counts of less than five are represented by “..”. Data not available are represented by “-” Due to concerns surrounding data quality estimates of average age of retirement have been suppressed for a number of departments and represented by “+” 2 Average age based on the median. 3 Includes Government Office for the Regions employees. 4 Figures of the Office for National Statistics exclude field staff who were not civil servants at the reference date. Asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average age of retirement in the senior Civil Service in each department. [HL501] Baroness Crawley The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply. Letter from Jil Matheson, National Statistician, to Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay, dated December 2009. As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question concerning what is the average age of retirement in the senior civil service in each department. (HL501). The Office for National Statistics collects data on leavers from the Civil Service as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES). The requested data are attached at Annex A. Annex A ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Permanent Employees | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Years | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department |Average age of retirement2| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |31 March 2008 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Animal Health |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Attorney General’s Office |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Border and Immigration Agency |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cabinet Office (excl agencies) |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Office of Information |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Charity Commission |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Courts Group |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Crown Prosecution Service |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Defence Science and Technology Laboratory |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (excl agencies)3|.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Children, Schools and Families3 |58 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Communities and Local Government (excl agencies)3 |59 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Culture Media and Sport |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (excl agencies)3 |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for International Development |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department for Transport (excl agencies)3 |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Department of Health (excl agencies) |56 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |DWP Corporate Services |58 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |ESTYN |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl agencies) |55 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Highways Agency |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Courts Service |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Revenue and Customs |59 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HM Treasury |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Home Office (excl agencies)3 |58 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Job Centre Plus |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Land Registry |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Maritime and Coastguard Agency |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ministry of Defence |57 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ministry of Justice (excl agencies) |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Healthcare Purchasing and Supplies |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National School of Government |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Weights and Measures Laboratory |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office for National Statistics4 |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office for Standards in Education |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of Fair Trading |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Office of Gas and Electricity Market |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ordnance Survey |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Parliamentary Counsel Office |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pension Service |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Public Sector Prison Service |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Scottish Government (excl agencies) |57 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |The Health and Safety Executive |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Treasury Solicitor |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |UK Intellectual Property Office |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Valuation Office |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Veterinary Laboratories Agency |.. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Welsh Assembly Government |50 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Annual Civil Service Employment Survey 1 Counts of less than 5 are represented by “..” 2 Average age based on the median. 3 Includes Government Office for the Regions employees. 4 Figures for the Office for National Statistics exclude field staff who were not civil servants at the reference date.