Question follow-through · 18225
Department for Work and Pensions: Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish (a) staff turnover, (b) the number of new recruits and (c) the number of vacancies in her Department in each of the last three months.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish (a) staff turnover, (b) the number of new recruits and (c) the number of vacancies in her Department in each of the last three months.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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12 Dec 2024
Answer published
a) The annual turnover rate for DWP ending in the last three months is 7.0% in September, 6.8% in October and 6.6% in November. Annual end of year turnover rates are published in the DWP Annual Report and Accounts.b) DWP has had 2,063 new recruits between...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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