Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 11 December 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of senior civil servants have left (a) his Department and (b) each of the public bodies for which he is responsible since May 2010; what the rate of turnover of senior civil servants has been in (i) his Department and (ii) each such body since May 2010; and if he will make a statement.
The Department does not hold data centrally for its public bodies.
Since May 2010, 65 permanent senior civil servants have left the Department. 12 of these were formerly from the Government offices for the regions; transferring across to the Department when they closed but subsequently leaving.
The rate of turnover of permanent senior civil servants in this period has been calculated at 45%. The high rate of turnover is due to the Department's restructuring process which completed in October 2011. That restructuring was undertaken in an open, fair and prompt way, starting at the highest levels of senior management.
Based on current budgets, the DCLG Group is making a 44% real terms saving against its running costs over this spending review period by 2014-15. This equates to savings of over £570 million by 2014-15. This includes savings of around £420 million from the closure of the Government offices for the regions.
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