Recruitment costs
Published 22 January 2013
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We were asked to provide details on:
Q1) The job titles of all those who left your department from January 2007- December 2012, and their job titles at their subsequent workplaces
Q2) The annual costs to your department on recruitment for the same period.
Q3) The number of new employees taken on by your department annually for the same period.
Q4) The number of new employees taken on by your department at entry level: either graduate or on the civil-service fast track.
Q5) The cost of putting graduates through the civil service fast=track, and the point at which it is estimated that this investment is returned.
Q6) If there is no relevant fast-track scheme in our department, then the estimated amount of money invested in taking on an entry-level employee, and the point at which it is estimated that this investment is returned.
Q7) Recruitment costs broken down for different stages of employment: ie at entry level, executive level etc.
A1) The job titles of all those who left our department from January 2007- December 2012, (see Table 1 below). However, we do not hold information of their job titles at their subsequent workplaces.
1. Job titles of staff leaving the Wales Office between 01/01/2007 and 24/12/2012
- Director
- Driver
- Head of Branch
- Head of Policy Head of Strategy
- HR Manager
- Legal Adviser
- Messenger
- Policy Adviser
- Receptionist
- Team Leader
- Assistant Private Secretary
- Branch Support
- Correspondence Manager
- Deputy Head of Policy
- Diary Secretary
- Finance Officer
- Head of Communications
- Head of Economic Policy
- Information Officer
- Parliamentary Clerk
- Private Secretary
- Senior Policy Adviser
- Assistant Diary Secretary
- Assistant Parliamentary Clerk
- Corporate Services Manager
- Corporate Services Officer
- Corporate Services Records Manager
- Head of Finance & Corporate Services
- Head of Local Government and Transport
- Head of Social Affairs Policy
- Principal Private Secretary
- Senior Information Officer
[1] Please note that some posts were vacated more than once
2) We do not hold data on the annual costs to our department, as recruitment is undertaken on our behalf by the Ministry of Justice. 3) The number of new employees taken on by your department annually for the same period:
2. Numbers of new employees taken on in each of the following calendar years [2]:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
[2] Please note that the figures do not include staff who have transferred to the Wales Office from other Government Departments
4) We do not hold information on the number of new employees taken on by our department at entry level: either graduate or on the civil-service fast track as we do not directly recruit from the Fast stream.
5) We do not hold any information on the cost of putting graduates through the civil service fast track, and the point at which it is estimated that this investment is returned as we do not directly recruit from the Fast stream.
6) We do not hold information on the estimated amount of money invested in taking on an entry-level employee, and the point at which it is estimated that this investment is returned.
7) We do not hold any data on Recruitment costs broken down for different stages of employment: ie at entry level, executive level etc as recruitment is undertaken on our behalf by the Ministry of Justice.