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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Monday, 21 January 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 23 January 2013. It was answered by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Monday, 28 January 2013 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Senior Civil Servants

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many and what proportion of officials of the three most senior grades in his Department have (a) resigned, (b) taken voluntary early retirement, (c) left the Department for alternative employment, (d) been dismissed, (e) taken long-term sick leave and (f) taken administrative leave since May 2010.

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Answer

The information you have requested is shown in the following table.

In the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) the three most senior grades are Permanent Secretary, SCS Pay Band 3 and SCS Pay Band 2.

Type
 Number of individuals
 Proportion of officials in the highest 3 grades (%)
Resigned
 1
 4
Voluntary early retirement
 1
 4
Dismissed
 0
 0
Taken long term sick leave
 0
 0

In order to determine the proportion of officials, we have used the number of staff in post as of 31 December 2012.

We are not able to provide information on the number of staff leaving DECC to take up alternative employment as we do not hold information on where individuals go once they leave DECC.

Long-term sick leave has been categorised as a period of sickness lasting 21 or more days.

We are not able to provide information with regards to administrative leave as we do not recognise this term.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
139215; 557 c607W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Leave Termination of employment Senior civil servants Department of Energy and Climate Change
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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