Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the turnover rate was for international trade advisers in his Department in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
The Department for International Trade was created in July 2016, the transfer of functions order established DIT as a corporation sole on 9 November 2016.
The Department does not directly hold this information as the international trade advisers are employed by our Contractors in the English Regions, who have provided the information in the following table.
Year | 1st January 2014 | 1st January 2015 | 1st January 2016 |
No. of ITAs in post | 270 | 291 | 279 |
No. of ITAs leaving post in year | 22 | 37 | 49 |
No. of ITAs starting in post in year | 35 | 36 | 22 |