I propose to take Questions Nos. 386 and 387 together.
My Department was established in July 2011 and I can confirm that at all times we operated within agreed employment control framework "ECF" numbers and within predetermined budgets.
All decisions to recruit, including replacement posts, are carefully considered as part of our Workforce Planning process. We do not track retirement vacancies/replacements separately as these are considered in the overall resourcing needs of the Department.
It is not possible to provide the information requested on pensions accrued for 2013-2015 at this time and this information will follow as soon as possible.
In the meantime, as requested, please find information on retirements and turnover in the following table.
Year
|
Retirements
|
Retirement Turnover on ECF
|
Pension Cost
|
2011
|
1
|
0.35%
|
|
2012
|
14
|
4.1%
|
|
2013
|
6
|
1.8%
|
Information to follow
|
2014
|
8
|
2.69%
|
Information to follow
|
2015
|
7
|
2.23%
|
Information to follow
|
2016 End of June
|
6
|
1.72%
|
|