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Written question asked by Jon Trickett (Labour) on Monday, 6 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 March 2017. It was answered by Jeremy Wright (Conservative) on Monday, 20 March 2017 on behalf of the Attorney General.

Attorney General: Civil Servants

Question

To ask the Attorney General, what proportion of Civil Service positions in the Law Officers' Departments was vacant for a week or longer in each year since 2010; and what the average turnover rate for civil servants in the Law Officers' Departments has been in each year since 2010.

Answer

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) retains records on recruitment vacancies from 1 June 2014. From 1 June 2014, 100% of vacancies remained vacant for a period in excess of five working days.

The rest of the Law Officers’ Departments do not hold information about the number of positions that have been vacant for a week or longer. Such a situation arises frequently, for example, when an individual moves post and there is a gap of a week or more before his or her successor takes up post.

AGO

GLD

HMCPSI

CPS

SFO

01/04/2010 – 31/03/2011

47.23%

12.53%

13.00%

8.6%

11.9%

01/04/2011 – 31/03/2012

26.14%

13.11%

21.03%

9.775%

14.8%

01/04/2012 – 31/03/2013

27.88%

9.78%

20.03%

8.925%

18.8%

01/04/2013 – 31/03/2014

31.76%

13.48%

24.05%

12.3%

14.04%

01/04/2014 – 31/03/2015

42.45%

9.83%

22.16%

11.05%

14%

01/04/2015 – 31/03/2016

42.22%

8.89%

12.04%

9.35%

14%

*The majority of staff based at the Attorney General’s Office are on loan to the department for a period of two to three years and return to their home department at the end of their loan. This business model also operates in HMCPSI although to a lesser degree than AGO

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
66683
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Civil servants Attorney General Vacancies Labour turnover
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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