HC Deb 21 January 2004 vol 416 c1278W
Mr. Russell Brown

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of staff employed within his Department are over 55 years of age; and what(a) number and (b) percentage of staff recruited over the last 12 months are over 55 years of age. [145930]

Fiona Mactaggart

The following table provides the percentage of staff over 55 in the Department, the numbers of staff recruited in the last 12 months who are over age 55 and what percentage of the overall recruitment is over age 55 in the last 12 months.

Percentage

staff over

age 55

Number of

staff over 55

recruited in

the last 12

months

Percentage

of staff over

age 55

recruited in

the last 12

months

Non-Agency Home Office 8.80 149 3.40
Prison Service 14.00 372 6
Forensic Science Service 6.23 8 3
UK Passport Service 10.40 372 5.40

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