Speeches

Jonathan Ashworth – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

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

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

Jane Ellison

The information requested is presented in the table below:

Financial Year Officials Left

Number of Resignations

Proportion of total staff

2010-11

84

3%

2011-12

55

2%

2012-13

95

4%

2013-14

95

5%

2014-15

75

4%

2015-16

91

4%

The numbers given are for civil servants only. These figures include employees, loans-in from other Government Departments and fixed-term appointments.

The proportion of staff who resigned is calculated by the total number of resignations in the financial year indicated, divided by the total headcount as at the 31 March of that year.