§ Sir Teddy TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will publish the outcomes of 125W inefficiency proceedings initiated against members of staff in each of the past five years; how many involved (a)office transfers, (b)resignations and (c)dismissals; and what the ethnic background of the individuals concerned was in each year. [141260]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 3 December 2003] The DTI does not collect statistics on inefficiency proceedings initiated in each of the past five years in the form requested. The total number of dismissals for inefficiency in DTI HQ in the period June 1998 to November 2003 was 16.