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Written question asked by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative) on Monday, 25 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 January 2010. It was answered by Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Departmental Manpower

Question
(2) what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain working in the public sector.
Answer

Employees across the Treasury Group are kept informed of any forthcoming changes in organisational roles or functions, and full support is given to employees. Staff have six months' notice, more in the case of disabled staff, in order to find alternative employment.Information covering HM Treasury and the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is set out in the following table. The Treasury and OGC figures for 2008-09 relate to additional time given to employees to seek alternative employment elsewhere in the civil service.The Debt Management Office (DMO) has not had any employees in transition over the last five years.Estimates of salary costs, and of the percentage of former staff who remain in the public sector, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Organisation Average time (months) Number of staff >6 months
HM Treasury
2004-05 4.0 5
2005-06 0.0 0
2006-07 6.0 <5
2007-08 4.8 <5
2008-09 14.0 <5
OGC
2004-05 0.0 0
2005-06 0.0 0
2006-07 0.0 0
2007-08 6.3 34
2008-09 15.0 14

Information relating to fewer than five cases has been withheld where this could lead to the identification of protected personal information.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1039-40W; 313847
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Staff Treasury
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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