Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of Civil Service positions in his Department was vacant for a week or longer in each year since 2010; and what the average turnover rate for civil servants in his Department has been in each year since 2010.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 17 July 2016. Information regarding the proportion of positions vacant for a week or longer is not held centrally as each business area manages its vacancies. As the Department has existed for less than 12 months, an average turnover rate is not available at this time.

Information on the proportion of Civil Service positions vacant for a week or longer and average turnover rates since 2010 in each of BEIS’s predecessor Departments is not held centrally and would incur disproportionate costs to calculate.