HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 c405W
Mr. Gordon Marsden

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of senior civil servants have

Civil service Other public sector Private sector Total
Year Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage
1996–97 32 33.3 37 38.5 27 28.1 96 100.00
1997–98 27 32.5 36 43.4 20 24.1 83 100.00
1998–99 32 29.9 44 41.1 31 29.0 107 100.00
1999–2000 55 34.8 59 37.3 44 27.8 158 100.00
2000–01 77 38.1 98 48.5 27 13.4 202 100.00

The proportion of senior civil servants working in Government Offices for the Regions posts at 1 April 2001 was around 1.6 per cent.