Written question asked by Brian Jenkins (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 November 2002. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Thursday, 7 November 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what percentage of new recruits to his Department in the past two years were aged 50 and over. - Includes tables.

Answer: Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of new recruits to his Department in the past two years were aged 50 and over. [79303] Mr. Hutton: The percentages anof new recruits aged over 50, who joined the Department during the past two years, are as follows: 1 April 2000 and 31 March 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total Percentage Total recruits 730 Total recruits aged 50 or over 66 9 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 2001 and 31 March 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total Percentage Total recruits 627 Total recruits aged 50 or over 129 21 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 392 c536W;392 c548W; 79303
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Age Government departments Recruitment Staff Older workers Department of Health
Contains statistics: Yes
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