Speeches

Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.

Justin Tomlinson

The information requested is provided in the table below.

Period

Number of resignations

Proportion of the workforce (%)

2010/11

5,143

4.2

2011/12

2,591

2.3

2012/13

2,036

1.8

2013/14

1,783

1.7

2014/15

1,683

1.7

2015/16

2,120

2.2