HC Deb 26 July 1989 vol 157 c697W
3. Mr. John Garrett

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants of assistant secretary level and above have resigned from the Civil Service in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Ryder

Numbers of civil servants of unified grade 5 (assistant secretary equivalent) and above who have resigned from the Civil Service in each of the last 10 years are shown in the table. The numbers of resignations each year represent less that 2½ per cent. of the total staff numbers.

Unified grades 1 to 5
Numbers resigning
1979 18
1980 27
1981 25
1982 38
1983 31
1984 37
1985 39
1986 31
1987 37
1 1988 49
1 Provisional.