Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff left her Department in each year since 2015.

The attached table sets out the number of civil servants who left the department (including its executive agencies, but excluding non-departmental public bodies) in each financial year ending 31 March from 2015 onwards.

The figures provided are inclusive of those leaving the department to other government departments.

The Cabinet Office has recently launched the new Civil Service People Plan 2024–2027, which demonstrates its commitment to developing and retaining the key skills the Civil Service needs, both now and in the future.