Since May 2010, 28 senior civil servants (SCS) have left the Department for International Development (DFID). Of these:"17 left through voluntary redundancy;""three retired; and""eight resigned to take up other posts or left at the end of inward secondments."The number of leavers by month is summarised below:<Table width="100%" summary="" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3" border="0"><TR><TD></TD><TD>Number</TD></TR><TR><TD>2010</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>May</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>June</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD>July</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD>August</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>September</TD><TD>14</TD></TR><TR><TD>October</TD><TD>4</TD></TR><TR><TD>November</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>December</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>2011</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>January</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD>February</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>March</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>April</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>May</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD>June</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>July</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>August</TD><TD>2</TD></TR><TR><TD>September</TD><TD>—</TD></TR><TR><TD>October</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD>November</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD>December</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>2012</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>January</TD><TD>1</TD></TR><TR><TD>February</TD><TD>—</TD></TR></Table>The above departures represent a turnover of 32%¹.In 2009 the Cabinet Office directed all Departments to reduce SCS costs by 20% in a bid to save at least £100 million per year by 2013.The 17 DFID voluntary redundancies were part of a planned change programme to restructure our SCS and reduce its size and costs.Between May 2010 and January 2012 we reduced the size of our SCS from 100 posts to 81 posts.It is not appropriate to list SCS employees by name."¹ Using an average of the number of SCS employed at 1 May 2010 and at 31 January 2012."