§ Mr. MacDougallTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new entrants to the civil service employed in his Department were aged 50 years and over in each of the last five years. [42399]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownThe Department for Work and Pensions was formed in June 2001 from the former Department for Social Security and parts of the Department for Education and Employment.
The statistics relating to the number of staff aged 50 or over on their recruitment to the new Department are not yet available for the current financial year (2001–02).