Speeches

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

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Ashworth on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many officials of his Department resigned in each of the last 12 months.

Justin Tomlinson

The numbers of employees who resigned from the Department for Work and Pensions in each of the last 12 months is as follows:

Month

Resignations

Resignations as a % of workforce

February 2015

121

0.13%

March 2015

156

0.17%

April 2015

177

0.19%

May 2015

186

0.20%

June 2015

151

0.16%

July 2015

219

0.25%

August 2015

212

0.24%

September 2015

233

0.27%

October 2015

175

0.20%

November 2015

171

0.20%

December 2015

136

0.16%

January 2016

134

0.16%