I have some age distribution figures here, sir, and I'll try to find a pithy way to summarize.
Here's one way of looking at it. The largest percentage falls in the 50 to 54 age band. That is 20% of our employees. That is followed by the 45 to 49 age band, at 16%. That indicates the aging of our demographic. You do see the results of our recruitment, though. You see, at the bottom end, that 10% of our population is under 30. You can see the inflow across the department, and you also can see people who look like me. We have between 500 and 600 persons retiring every year, out of a stock of 14,000 and 15,000 in the department. That should give you a sense of the numbers.
That demographic is worrisome. It's probably the major preoccupation of our human resource assistant deputy minister. It's not unlike other departments and it's not unlike large sectors of the private sector. One of the things we share in common, when we get together with private sector leaders, is the human resource challenge. Aging is the principal concern.