DExEU Staff Retention and Reasons for Leaving

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Dear Department for Exiting the European Union,

My questions relate to DExEU’s permanently employed senior workforce only. You may ignore staff seconded from other government departments and government contractors working under temporary contracts.
1. How many staff do you employ at each of the following civil service staff grades (full time equivalent and headcount please) – Higher Executive Officer, Senior Executive Officer, Grade 7, Grade 6, SCS Payband 1, SCS Payband 2, SCS Payband 3 and SCS Payband 4.
2. How many vacant roles presently exist within the department?
3. Please provide a list of the vacant role titles, civil service grade level and an indication if they are full or part time.
4. How many staff have left the department’s employment for any reason in the last 12 months (full time equivalent and headcount please)? Please also provide the figures for the last 6 months.
5. How many staff have left the department’s employment for reasons of ill health in the last 12 months (full time equivalent and headcount please)? Of these staff, how many had (perhaps amongst other maladies) anxiety, depression or stress which was attributed to their work (full time equivalent and headcount please)?
6. Do you survey the opinion of staff who leave or conduct an exit interview with staff who leave (or collect their feedback in any way whatsoever)? Please specify which approach(es) you use to collect feedback from exiting staff.
7. Please provide a sample (blank) survey form or (blank) exit interview checklist, or other document/artefact used to collect such feedback.
8. If you do survey/interview/collect feedback from exiting staff, please provide the number of staff who have cited any of the following contributory reasons for leaving the department (also please include those expressing any similar sentiment): ideological opposition to the principle of Brexit, frustration or unhappiness with the government’s approach to Brexit, frustration or unhappiness with the operation/management of DExEU, frustration or unhappiness with the way the government/DExEU has conducted itself in its relationship with the European Union, shame/embarrassment amongst friends/family/acquaintances relating to their work or their association with DExEU, or frustration/unhappiness with the clarity/achievability of departmental goals relating to the Brexit process. Please include in the number all staff who have expressed any such sentiment, even if this was not their main reason for leaving.
9. I note that your annual report (2016-17) at paragraph 9.18, cites a risk against personnel “Risks relating to DExEU’s ability to recruit, retain and support staff. This also includes risks that affect DExEU staff health and wellbeing.” Please provide the following information relating to the analysis and mitigation of this risk: the risk register entry, the presently assessed likelihood and impact level of this risk, details of the mitigation strategy for the risk, details of any contingency plans the department may have if staff levels or the availability of the necessary skills were compromised, and board-level evidence (eg board minutes) demonstrating that this risk is discussed/monitored by the DExEU board. Separate emails/memoranda/reports further detailing the approach to this risk would be greatly appreciated.

In respect of all questions/responses - please feel free to redact the identity of individuals.

Yours faithfully,

Shaun Davey

DEXEU Freedom of Information Team Mailbox, Department for Exiting the European Union

Dear Shaun Davey,
Thank you for your FOI request, reference DEX000728. We will now respond
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Kind regards, 
DExEU FOI Team

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DEXEU Freedom of Information Team Mailbox, Department for Exiting the European Union

Dear Shaun Davey,

We are emailing regarding your FOI request, reference number DEX000728.

In accordance with Section 16 of the Act, public authorities can provide
advice and assistance to help applicants in the search for the information
they have requested.

Your requests asks for information on "DExEU’s permanently employed senior
workforce only. You may ignore staff seconded from other government
departments and government contractors working under temporary contracts."
As all DExEU-employed full-time staff except the Permanent Secretary are
officially on loan from another Department or employed on a fixed term
basis, we would be grateful if you could confirm that we should interpret
your request to mean full-time staff on the DExEU payroll. 

We will wait until we hear back before taking any further action on this
request.
Kind regards,
DExEU FOI Team

Freedom of Information Team

Correspondence Unit

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Dear DEXEU Freedom of Information Team Mailbox,

Thank you for your clarification request:

Please INCLUDE all staff (whether full or part-time) on the DExEU payroll - whether under fixed-term contracts or not. Please EXCLUDE all staff who are not employed by DExEU - eg contractors and staff on loan from other departments.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Shaun Davey

DEXEU Freedom of Information Team Mailbox, Department for Exiting the European Union

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Dear Shaun Davey,
Thank you for your FOI request, reference DEX000728. Please find our
attached extension.
Kind regards, 
DExEU FOI Team

Freedom of Information Team

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Dear DEXEU Freedom of Information Team Mailbox,

This is to remind you that your extension notice expired earlier this week and you now need to respond to this FoI request as soon as possible. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Shaun Davey

DEXEU Freedom of Information Team Mailbox, Department for Exiting the European Union

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Dear Shaun Davey,

Thank you for your FOI request, reference DEX000728. Please find our
attached response; we apologise for the delay in responding.

Kind regards,

DExEU FOI Team

Freedom of Information Team

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Dear DEXEU Freedom of Information Team Mailbox,

Many thanks for your response, which is much appreciated.

Yours sincerely,

Shaun Davey