HC Deb 07 November 2002 vol 392 c719W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what percentage of new recruits to his Department in the past two years were aged 50 and over. [79299]

Mr. Stephen Twigg

Some 3.5 per cent. of new recruits to the Department for Education and Skills since 9 June 2001, when the Department was established, were aged 50 and over.