Regarding the organisational structure, the management chain went from the Minister and Deputy Minister through the Director-General to the various Deputy Directors-General. Statistics showed that the total establishment of the DPE at the end of the financial year was 164, of which 140 posts were filled. Key positions were not being filled as quickly as the DPE would have liked. In particular, the position of Director-General had been vacant since the resignation of the previous office-holder in November 2009.