Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many(a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants were dismissed for poor performance in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [100591]
§ Mr. AlexanderThe figures for the numbers of staff who were dismissed from the civil service in the last 10 years are shown in the following table. These figures are based on headcount, permanent staff in all1018W Departments. The data presented are for all dismissals. We do not hold separate records for poor performance as the reason for dismissal.
Leavers during 1992–2001 with selected leaving cause, dismissal, all permanent staff (headcount), of which senior civil servants Year ending 31 March All staff Senior civil servants 1992 1,050 1 1993 1,030 0 1994 1,000 2 1995 880 2 1996 750 1 1997 870 0 1998 650 0 1999 590 1 2000 840 1 2001 1,020 3
Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what discussions he has had with representatives from local government about widening the civil service fast-stream programme to cover local government; and if he will make a statement. [100592]
§ Mr. AlexanderLast year officials from my Department met representatives of the Local Government Employers Organisation under the auspices of the Public Sector Employment Forum and its recruitment sub-group. They discussed graduate and fast stream recruitment but there are no plans for the civil service scheme to cover local government. The Local Government Employers Organisation launched the inaugural recruitment campaign for their National Graduate Development Programme in March 2002. The first cohort of graduates joined the programme in September 2002.
Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Asian employees there have been in the senior civil service, broken down by Department, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [100593]
§ Mr. AlexanderDeclaration of ethnicity in the civil service is voluntary, so any numbers obtained may be an understatement of the true position.
For the senior civil service, the total number of staff in post of known Asian ethnic origin for each of the last five years is as follows:
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Number 1998 17 1999 17 2000 20 2001 26 2002 24 This personal information is supplied to the Cabinet Office in strict confidence, and cannot be broken down further owing to small numbers and disclosure rules.