HC Deb 26 March 1985 vol 76 cc160-1W
Mr. Eggar

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list by Department the number of civil servants at principal and assistant secretary level who have resigned voluntarily from the service in each of the years 1980 to 1984; and if he will state their age at date of resignation and number of years service.

Mr. Hayhoe

[pursuant to his reply, 22 March 1985, c. 632]: Table 1 gives the number of resignations from the grades of principal and assistant secretary from 1980 onwards. It also expresses these as a percentage of the staff in post at the beginning of each year. Table 2 breaks down numbers of resignations by Department. Table 3 breaks them down by age and length of service.

Table 1
Resignations of Assistant Secretaries and Principals 1980–84
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Assistant Secretaries
Number 7 8 8 7 *6
Per cent. 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 *0.6
Principals
Number 41 34 32 39 45
Per cent. 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.1
* The assistant secretary grade was subsumed into grade 5 from 1 January 1984. The figure quoted is an estimate of the number of staff who were previously assistant secretaries.

Table 2
Resignations of assistant secretaries and principals 1980–84 By Department
1980 1981 1982 1983 *1984
Department Assistant secretary Principal Assistant secretary Principal Assistant secretary Principal Assistant secretary Principal †Assistant secretary Principal
CO/MPO/CSD 1 4 — — — — — 4 — —
Treasury 3 — 1 4 1 4 1 8 1 7
Defence — 1 1 2 2 5 1 3 — 3
Home Office — 1 — 1 — 2 — — — 3
DOE/Transport 1 2 — 5 — 1 — 4 — 9
Scottish Office 1 1 1 — — 2 — — — 1
Employment Group — 3 1 5 1 4 1 2 — 1
DES — — 2 1 — 1 — 4 — 1
DHSS — 8 1 5 1 1 1 1 — 1
MAFF — 1 — — — — — 3 1 2
DTI 1 8 — 3 1 1 1 6 2 4
Inland Revenue — — — — — 2 — — — —
Other departments — 12 1 8 2 9 2 4 2 13
Total 7 41 8 34 8 32 7 39 6 45
* Provisional.
† Subsumed in Grade 5 from 1 January 1984.
Table 3
Resignations of assistant secretaries and principals 1980–84 By age and length of service
1980 1981 1982 1983 *1984
Assistant secretary Principal Assistant secretary Principal Assistant secretary Principal Assistant secretary Principal †Assistant secretary Principal
Age (years) — — — — — — — — — —
Under 30 — 3 — 4 — 4 — 2 — 2
30–34 1 9 — 9 — 9 — 14 1 9
35–39 2 4 3 2 2 5 1 10 1 17
40–44 — 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 6
45–49 1 3 — 6 2 2 1 2 1 4
50–54 — 5 — 1 1 3 1 4 — 2
55 or more 3 16 4 11 2 7 2 6 1 5
Total 7 41 8 34 8 32 7 39 6 45
Length of service‡ Under 5 2 6 — 7 2 4 2 2 — 6
5–9 — 5 — 11 1 11 1 17 1 14
10–14 3 5 3 1 2 4 1 7 1 10
15–19 — 4 1 3 1 2 — 2 1 9
20–24 — 2 — 1 — — — 2 2 2
25–29 — 1 1 2 — 2 — 1 — 1
30–34 — 7 — 3 — 3 — 2 — 1
35 or more 2 11 3 6 2 6 3 6 1 2
Total 7 41 8 34 8 32 7 39 6 45
* Provisional.
† Subsumed in Grade 5 from 1 January 1984.
‡ Years.