The requested information on the 44 permanent civilian staff that left the Ministry of Defence under the terms of the Voluntary Early Release Scheme (VERS) and who were subsequently re-employed by the Department is provided in the following table. 29 were re-employed on a permanent basis. The remaining 15 were re-employed on fixed-term or casual contracts. Those who have been re-employed on a permanent or fixed-term basis will have been required to compete in fair and open competition for their new posts. Job titles used internally in the Ministry of Defence have not been provided as these can be used to identify individuals. It should be noted that those re-hired represents just 0.1 % of the civilian work force reduction of 33,000. Re-employedon a permanent basis(29) Grade Numberofemployees Payscaleminimum Payscalemaximum E2(AdminAssistant) 3 15,779 17,760 SkillZone2 3 16,647 18,190 SkillZone3 1 18,190 22,372 El(AdminOfficer) 12 18,554 20,883 D(ExecutiveOfficer) 3 23,661 28,253 C2(Higher ExecutiveOfficer) 4 29,551 35,285 C1(Senior ExecutiveOfficer) 3 36,004 42,991 Re-employedon a fixed-term or casual contract(15) Grade Numberofemployees Payscaleminimum Payscalemaximum E2(AdminAssistant) 3 15,779 17,760 SkillZone2 1 16,647 18,190 SkillZone3 2 18,190 22,372 El(AdminOfficer) 4 18,554 20,883 Teacher 1 21,588 31,552 D(ExecutiveOfficer) 2 23,661 28,253 ThresholdTeacher 2 34,181 36,755