questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department (a) did not retain employment following the completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period extended in each of the last five years.
answerText: The information requested is not held centrally and due to the additional activity that would be required to provide it, would incur disproportionate cost.
heading: Department for Work and Pensions: Conditions of Employment