Recruitment (Over-50s)

HC Deb 21 November 2002 vol 394 c222W

Mr. MacDougall

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people employed in his Department are aged over 50. [81688]

Dr. Moonie

The available information is given in the table, showing the position as at September 2002.

	50 and Under	Over 50	Percentage over 50
Ministry of Defence	51,154	25,805	33.5
Trading Funds	9,079	2,981	24.7
Total	60,233	28,786	32.3

Source:

SA Civilian