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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 Phillip Lee (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 March 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Ministry of Justice: Civil Servants

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of Civil Service positions in her Department were 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 Ministry of Justice does not hold data regarding how long a position has been vacant in its recruitment database.

The Ministry of Justice turnover rates, excluding the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) are available in the following table. NOMS turnover rates are published in the NOMS Workforce Bulletin available on gov.uk.

Year

MoJ average FTE (over 13 months)

MoJ Turnover Rates*

2010

24,766

8.8%

2011

24,612

12.5%

2012

22,917

9.9%

2013

23,389

8.9%

2014

24,716

9.3%

2015

23,237

10.2%

2016

22,075

12.0%

*MoJ rates include those who have left on compulsory redundancy, contract end, dismissal, deceased, end of loan, end of secondment, resignation, retirement, transfer to other Government department, transfer to Non-Civil Service Public Sector, transfer of function within the Civil Service, voluntary exit, and voluntary redundancy.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
66698
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Civil servants Vacancies Ministry of Justice Labour turnover
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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