Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of officials of his Department resigned in each of the last six years.
The number of employees in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills HQ who have resigned, in each of the last 6 years and the proportion of the headcount, are shown in the table below.
Year | Number who resigned | % of headcount |
2010-11 | 0 | 0% |
2011-12 | 49 | 1.6% |
2012-13 | 70 | 2.2% |
2013-14 | 67 | 2.2% |
2014-15 | 89 | 2.9% |
2015-16 | 82 | 2.6% |
The number of officials who have resigned in any year is in the period April – March, whilst the % is of the headcount at 31 March in that year.