§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will set out for each Civil Service grade within her Department the(a) total number of staff employed and (b) the number aged (i) 16 to 25, (ii) 26 to 35, (iii) 36 to 45, (iv) 46 to 60 and (v) over the age of 60 years. [32885]
Mr. Morley [holding answer 6 February 2002]: The number of permanent and casual staff employed in the Department for Environment, Food and rural Affairs by grade equivalent and by age band is set out in the table. These figures exclude staff in the Department' executive agencies.
Age Grade 16–25 26–35 36–45 46–60 Over 60 Total SCS 0 1 36 103 2 142 Grade 6 0 2 20 83 1 106 Grade 7 0 55 145 247 2 449 SEO 3 116 298 342 8 767 HEO 37 302 430 331 8 1,108 EO 285 708 552 405 13 1,963 AO 640 692 510 601 69 2,512 AA 336 203 202 312 48 1,101 Total 1,301 2,079 2,193 2,424 151 8,148