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Departmental Manpower
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in his Department work on his Department’s policy on (a) walking, (b) cycling, (c) motoring, (d) aviation and (e) rail. [243052]
Mr. Hoon: As the Department takes an integrated, cross-modal approach to transport policy, civil servants will often work on several modes. Accordingly a percentage breakdown of the amount of time civil servants work on each of the different modes could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Departmental Recruitment
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of DfT(C)’s staff recorded as being (a) from an ethnic minority and (b) white (i) applied for and (ii) obtained posts within DfT(C) on promotion in each year since DfT(C)’s formation. [244455]
Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport (Central) recorded the following percentage of (ii) obtained posts on promotion for staff from an (a) ethnic minority and (b) white origin:
| Financial year | Ethnicity | Percentage of staff promoted within ethnic group |
Details of (i) applications for such positions can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff of each grade recorded as being (a) from an ethnic minority, (b) white and (c) of unknown or undeclared ethnicity transferred into DfT(C) from other parts of his Department or other Government Departments in the last two years. [244456]
Mr. Hoon: 154 people have transferred in to the Department for Transport (Central) from other parts of his Department or other Government Departments during the last two financial years (2006-07 and 2007-08) as shown in the following table:
| Grade | Ethnicity | Number directly recruited from other Government Departments |
John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff of each grade recorded as being (a) from an ethnic minority, (b) white and (c) of unknown or undeclared ethnicity were directly recruited into DfT(C) from outside the Civil Service in the last two years. [244457]
Mr. Hoon: The Department for Transport (Central) has recruited 175 staff from outside the civil service during the last two financial years (2006-07 and 2007-08), as shown in the following table:
| Grade | Ethnicity | Number directly recruited from outside the civil service |
Departmental Reviews
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) reviews, (b) consultation and (c) taskforces his Department is (i) responsible for and (ii) planning to undertake or establish; on what date each such initiative that is in progress (A) started and (B) is expected to be completed; and what the purpose is of each. [246309]
Mr. Hoon: Details of the Department for Transport’s current consultations, reviews and taskforces have been placed in the Libraries of the House.
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