§ 1. Mr. LEONARDasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the officers staffing Government Departments in Edinburgh qualified at entrance by examination for the higher administrative positions in the British Civil Service?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for SCOTLAND (Mr. Skelton)The staffs of the Departments in Edinburgh for whose administration my right hon. Friend is responsible at present include one officer who entered by examination for Class I (now the Administrative Class) of the Civil Service.
§ Mr. LEONARDDoes the hon. Gentleman consider that the number is sufficient to cope with the vacancies that occur upon the administrative side in Scotland, and to deal with Scottish questions from the Scottish point of view?
§ Mr. SKELTONThe system is that, in the case of direct recruitment to the Departments in Edinburgh, civil servants of the administrative grade have not been appointed.