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Written Question
Department for Transport: Conditions of Employment
Tuesday 25th April 2017

Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of staff employed by his Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.

Answered by John Hayes

The following table provides the data requested for the Department for Transport:

A

B

C

D

E

As at 31/03/2017

Full-time permanent

Part-time permanent

Less than 2 years

Agency

Zero-hours

No of staff (headcount)

15060

11023

3112

754

169

Less than 5

Proportion

-

73.2%

20.7%

5.0%

1.1%

0%

The data provided above is to Office for National Statistics standards and both full-time and part-time permanent numbers include staff on loan or secondment.

The Department for Transport consists of the central Department and four Executive Agencies: Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency, Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency, Maritime & Coastguard Agency and Vehicle Certification Agency.

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