§ Mr. CurryTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many civil servants were employed in his Department, broken down by(a) gender, (b) age, (c) Civil Service classification and (d) tenure since May 2002. [145991]
§ Yvette CooperThe Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was established on 29 May 2002.
The staffing position for the Office, as at December 2003 is shown in the Following table.
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Headcount Gender Female 1,048 Male 1,214 Total 2,262 Age Group 16 to 25 147 26 to 35 591 36 to 45 670 46 to 55 607 56 plus 247 Total 2,262 Civil Service Classification Senior Civil Service 148 Pay Group 7 59 Pay Group 6 375 Pay Group 5 253 Pay Group 4 529 Pay Group 3 476 Pay Group 2 355
Headcount Pay Group 1 40 Pay Group EM1 to 4 27 Total 2,262 Tenure Casual 66 Permanent 2,054 Other (fixed-term appointment and inward secondments 142 Total 2,262 Staffing information is also available in Table C of the annual publication, "Civil Service Statistics", which covers permanent staff numbers in each Department and agencies from 1995 to 2002. Copies of the publication are available in the Libraries of both Houses. The latest edition, based on April 2002 data. was published on 24 July 2003.
Alternatively, this information is available at the following address on the Cabinet Office Statistics website: http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics/css.htm