HC Deb 13 February 2004 vol 418 cc23-4W
Mr. Curry

To 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 Cooper

The 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.

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