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Scottish Office

Answer

Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff who have worked as professional statisticians in his Department have left on early retirement in each of the past 10 years. [81188] Mr. Dewar: [holding answer 23 April 1999]: Statistical work is undertaken by a range of specialists, including Research Officers, Economists and Statisticians. Since 1996, The Scottish Office has employed statisticians through its own departmental recruitment as well as through the Civil Service Selection Board. This resulted from a rapid growth in statistics posts coupled with a shortfall of recruits from the Civil Service Selection Board source. The number of professional statisticians who have left on early retirement in the last 10 years is seven. Four of these had transferred into administration at an earlier stage in their career. Details by year are shown in the table. Early retirement of staff who have worked as professional statisticians _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number 1998-1999 1 1997-1998 1 1996-1997 2 1995-1996 -- 1994-1995 2 1993-1994 1 1992-1993 -- 1991-1992 -- 1990-1991 -- 1989-1990 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

81188; 330 c173W;330 c175-6W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Civil servants Government departments Early retirement Statistics Scottish Office

Contains statistics

Yes