HC Deb 07 November 2002 vol 392 cc666-7W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what percentage of new recruits to his Department in the past two years were aged 50 and over. [79300]

Mr. McCartney

The complete information requested is not readily available. Such information as is available is in the table.

Percentage of new recruits aged 50 or over
Period Total new entrants New entrants over 50 Percentage
01–04–00—30–09–00 5496 422 7.7 Ex ES
01–10–00—31–03–01 2857 404 14.1 Ex DSS
5223 469 8.8 Ex ES
Total for Period 8080 873 10.8
Percentage of new recruits aged 50 or over
Period Total new entrants New entrants over 50 Percentage
01-04-01—31-03-02 13124 1594 12.1 Ex DSS
8758 732 8.4 Ex ES
Total for period 21882 2326 10.6
01-04-02—31-10-02 8439 1037 12.3 Ex DSS
2691 214 8 Ex ES
Total for Period 11130 1251 11.2

Helpline DWP Public enquiry Office BA & ES Chief Executive Helpline1 Chief Executive's helpline Jobcentre Plus2 Chief Executive's Helpline The Pension Service2 Employer Direct3 Jobseeker Direct National Benefit Fraud Hotline
Telephone Number(s) 020 7712 2171 Discontinued 020 7273 6060 0113 232 4143 0845 601 2001 0845 6060 234 0800 854 440
Sep-01 7,402 334,405 20,644
Oct-01 10,044 395 351,863 18,852
Nov-01 7,658 407 417,758 15,771
Dec-01 5,162 342 178,736 8,299
Jan-02 8,776 400 193,854 617,598 16,147
Feb-02 8,582 354 159,230 505,711 12,809
Mar-02 9,381 294 140,285 429,282 15,013
Apr-02 15,649 250 194 163,170 475,210 14,139
May-02 13,185 230 112 172,674 507,160 15,747
Jun-02 13,099 297 120 151,079 500,873 11,390
Jul-02 20,939 245 131 144,405 508,151 14,569
Aug-02 23,868 245 119 188,132 578,813 10,735
Total 143,745 2,192 1,267 676 1,312,829 5,405,560 174,115

Helpline Child Benefit Enquiry Line4 CSA National enquiry Line CSA Midlands Customer Help Line CSA South Eastern CHL CSA Eastern CHL CSA South Western CHL CSA Wales North West CHL CSA Scotland and North East CHL
Telephone Number(s) 08701 555540/08701 555501 0845 713 3133 08457 131 000 08457 134 000 08457 132 000 08457 137 000 08457 138 000 08457 136 000
Sep-01 225,073 45,728 39,466 30,994 46,859 34,520 39,403 43,836
Oct-01 262,668 44,722 38,213 30,386 43,396 34,795 36,616 41,285
Nov-01 214,731 56,039 45,429 37,422 40,393 46,645 45,475 53,099
Dec-01 158,633 28,776 30,490 22,595 57,806 27,294 31,949 35,364
Jan-02 259,415 36,513 38,782 29,663 35,126 34,764 41,389 42,664
Feb-02 233,487 59,661 38,907 30,560 46,914 38,260 39,496 45,571
Mar-02 216,689 43,729 45,056 34,464 48,647 47,403 50,958 57,514
Apr-02 222,148 52,531 37,091 28,818 53,130 35,983 35,395 42,901
May-02 221,342 63,376 45,327 36,301 41,876 46,646 44,783 53,505
Jun-02 213,215 45,700 35,875 27,234 50,475 35,711 29,128 41,489
Jul-02 260,523 48,453 37,476 28,275 38,167 34,991 34,769 44,066
Aug-02 227,970 58,028 43,760 35,677 47,949 41,230 41,389 53,911
Total 583,256 475,872 372,389 550,738 458,242 470,750 555,205

Helpline International Pension Centre Pension Direct Retirement Pension Teleclaims Retirement Pension Forecasting Team5 Minimum income Guarantee Claimline Benefit Enquiry Line DLA AA
Telephone Number(s) 0191 218 7777 0845 301 3011 0845 300 1084 0845 300 0168/0191 22 87585 0800 0281111 0800 882200 08457 123456
Sep-01 16,894 78,755 38648 27,323 7,387 96,150 358,946
Oct-01 14,061 88,502 42823 32,946 10,060 99,869 424,764
Nov-01 14,375 106,923 29077 29,366 16,606 123,403 406,454
Dec-01 11,632 73,849 28156 15,448 8,595 63,484 292,704
Jan-02 16,297 110,517 51271 39,686 15,702 137,473 413,295
Feb-02 14,738 118,186 42403 37,113 16,703 112,503 386,341
Mar-02 12,993 115,360 41986 37,887 17,110 113,234 340,135
Apr-02 13,240 107,855 43930 43,234 26,969 117,225 395,570
May-02 17,875 103,395 39991 40,838 22,494 136,573 428,375
Jun-02 13,886 76,998 33217 34,858 19,472 98,095 312,259