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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 George Eustice (Conservative) on Monday, 20 March 2017 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Civil Servants

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of Civil Service positions in her Department was vacant for a week or longer in each year since 2010; and what the average turnover rate for civil servants in her Department has been in each year since 2010.

Answer

The answer covers the core department only.

  1. Defra does not retain details in the Department on the length of time that a post has been vacant.

  2. The average turnover for Defra since 2010 is shown below:

Calendar year

Turnover

2010

9.2%

2011

16.8%

2012

8.4%

2013

8.0%

2014

9.7%

2015

15.3%

2016*

22.0%

* Turnover data for 2016 is provisional as Defra is verifying leaver numbers.

All leavers for the 12 month period (except those moving under a Machinery of Government change or those transferring to a Defra Agency or NDPB) divided by the average staff in post over the period.

The average turnover covers those staff who left the department as a result of retirement, resignation, dismissal, redundancy, voluntary paid exit, ending a period of secondment, loan, short or fixed term appointment, transfer to another government department (not as part of a Machinery of Government change) and death in service.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
66690
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Civil servants Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Vacancies Labour turnover
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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