Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of economically inactive people in the UK are classified as (a) students, (b) unable to work due to sickness, (c) looking after homes, (d) caring for family members and (d) retired.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Cabinet Office, what assessment she has made of the reason that people who are economically inactive and are not (a) students, (b) unable to work due to sickness, (c) looking after homes or caring for family members and (b) retired are not actively looking for work.
Answered by Chloe Smith
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.
Asked by: Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials at (a) grade six, (b) grade seven and (c) SCS1 and above, have left his Department in each quarter of each year since July 2016.
Answered by Oliver Dowden - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Grade 7 and Grade 6 is currently a combined grade in Cabinet Office known as Band A. The Department also has an additional grade between Band A and SCS1 level known as 'Extended Band A'.
The table below shows how many officials at those grades have left Cabinet Office in each quarter of each year since 1 April 2016.
Quarter | Band A (G6/7 combined) | Extended Band A | SCS1 and above |
Q1 16/17 | 82 | 0 | 28 |
Q2 16/17 | 69 | 0 | 24 |
Q3 16/17 | 95 | 0 | 18 |
Q4 16/17 | 33 | 0 | 16 |
Q1 17/18 | 65 | 0 | 20 |
Q2 17/18 | 79 | 3 | 8 |
Q3 17/18 | 56 | 2 | 7 |
Q4 17/18 | 59 | 6 | 8 |
Q1 18/19 | 93 | 8 | 14 |
Q2 18/19 | 96 | 3 | 20 |
Q3 18/19 | 71 | 6 | 8 |
Q4 18/19 | 41 | 7 | 20 |
In the context of the total workforce size, the numbers of leavers in the grades shown represented 14% of the workforce in 2016/17, and 6% in both 2017/18 and 2018/19. This
compares with a figure of 16.5% for the Private Sector.