Speeches

Baroness Burt of Solihull – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Burt of Solihull on 2016-06-13.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many civil servants within the Department for Business Innovation and Skills have (1) been recruited into the department (a) from within the civil service, or (b) from outside the civil service, and (2) left to (a) other posts within the civil service, and (b) other roles outside of the civil service, in each of the last five years.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The total number of civil servants within the Department for Business Innovation and Skills HQ (BIS) who have (1) been recruited into the department (a) from within the civil service, or (b) from outside the civil service, and (2) left to (a) other posts within the civil service, and (b) other roles outside of the civil service, in each of the last five years are shown in the tables below.

Recruited to BIS

Year of joining

Joined from outside the Civil Service

Joined from within the Civil Service

Grand Total

2011-12

185

190

375

2012-13

243

208

451

2013-14

186

186

372

2014-15

158

198

356

2015-16

170

145

315

Grand Total

942

927

1869

Left BIS

Year of leaving

Left the Civil Service

Moved to another part of the Civil Service

Total

2011-12

338

154

492

2012-13

253

101

354

2013-14

205

120

325

2014-15

244

157

401

2015-16

364

273

637

Grand Total

1404

805

2209