§ 55. Mr. LEONARDasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether persons appointed to administrative positions in the Civil Service are exclusively drawn from university graduates; the numbers appointed during the last three years and the number from each university; and, if appointments have been made from other sources, the number and the source from which drawn?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAAs the answer is somewhat long and involves a number of figures, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer :
§ The answer to the first part of the question is in the negative. Posts in the administrative class above the junior grade may be filled not only by promotion from that grade but also from other ranks in the Civil Service. Direct recruitment to the junior grade is by open competition, but provision also exists for promotions to this grade from the existing Civil Service. The numbers of appointments to the grade made from the last three open competitions and the various universities attended by the appointed candidates are shown in the following table :
| Competition of. | Total Number appointed. | Universities | |
| 1931 | 18 | Aberdeen | 2 |
| Cambridge | 10 | ||
| Edinburgh | 1 | ||
| Oxford | 5 | ||
| 1932 | 19 | Cambridge | 6 |
| Edinburgh | 1 | ||
| Glasgow | 1 | ||
| London | 1 | ||
| Oxford | 10 | ||
| 1933 | 29 | Cambridge | 14 |
| Manchester | 1 | ||
| Oxford | 13 | ||
| St. Andrews | 1 |
§ Fuller information will be found in the annual reports of the Civil Service Commission. No similar information is available as regards appointments from other sources, but in paragraph 103 of the report of the Royal Commission on the Civil Service 1929–31 (Command Paper 3909) it was stated that about one-quarter of the officers serving in the administra- 919 tive class had been promoted to that class from other classes.