Department for Work and Pensions: Carers

(asked on 9th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in her Department had caring responsibilities in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Mims Davies Portrait
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 17th June 2020

We use the annual Civil Service People Survey to understand how many of our staff have caring responsibilities.

The below table sets out the relevant question and answer from that survey back to 2015. It’s worth noting that the People Survey is voluntary, and the extent to which those who completed the survey are representative of the wider workforce is unknown, however this is the best available information that the department currently holds.

We recognise that caring responsibilities may have changed as a result of the current crisis and staff are being encouraged to reflect this in an amended or new Carer’s Passport.

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Numbers of DWP staff who look after or give help or support to any family members, friends, neighbours or others who have a long-term physical or mental illness or disability, or problems related to old age: 2015 to 2019

DWP People Survey Completion Rate

2015

16,823

73%

2016

16,324

68%

2017

16,702

69%

2018

17,109

68%

2019

19,914

67%

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