§ 22. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing, for each of the last 10 years, the number of Administrative Class Civil Servants recruited to the Treasury and Diplomatic Service, respectively, from Oxford and Cambridge, and from other universities.
§ Mr. DiamondYes, Sir.
§ Mr. HamiltonCan my right hon. Friend now say whether the trend away 297 from the undue proportion of Oxford and Cambridge graduates and towards a better and fairer proportion of graduates from the civic universities is satisfactory to the Government, and in view of the fact that the performance both at home and abroad has not exactly glittered during the last ten years, may not part of the solution to the problem lie in the terms in which the Question is posed?
§ Mr. DiamondYes, Sir, but for the Civil Service as a whole the number of successful candidates from universities other than Oxford and Cambridge is rising steadily and had reached 35 per cent. by 1966 compared with a much
| UNIVERSITIES OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WHO ENTERED THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS BY OPEN COMPETITION AND WERE ASSIGNED TO THE TREASURY 1957–1966 | ||||||||
| Oxford and Cambridge | Other Universities | No University | ||||||
| Year of taking up appointment | Assistant Principal | Principal | Assistant Principal | Principal | Assistant Principal | Principal | ||
| 1957 | … | … | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1958 | … | … | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1959 | … | … | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | … | … | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| 1961 | … | … | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 1962 | … | … | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1963 | … | … | 5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1964 | … | … | 4 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1965 | … | … | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 1966 | … | … | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Totals | … | 29 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 |
| UNIVERSITIES SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WHO ENTERED THE ADMINISTRATIVE CLASS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE (1957–1964) AND THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE (1965–1966) BY OPEN COMPETITION | ||||||||
| Oxford and Cambridge | Other Universities | No University | ||||||
| Year of taking up appointment | Grade 8 | Grades 7 and 5 | Grade 8 | Grades 7 and 5 | Grade 8 | Grades 7 and 5 | ||
| 1957 | … | … | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1958 | … | … | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 1959 | … | … | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1960 | … | … | 19(4) | 6 | 4 | — | — | 1 |
| 1961 | … | … | 25(7) | 2 | 1(1) | 2 | — | — |
| 1962 | … | … | 25(5) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1963 | … | … | 19(4) | 6(9) | 3 | —(2) | — | —(1) |
| 1964 | … | … | 13(7) | 3(5) | 1 | 1(3) | — | — |
| 1965 | … | … | 20 | 6 | 6 | 7 | — | 1 |
| 1966 | … | … | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Totals | … | 173 (27) | 42 (14) | 20(1) | 15(5) | 2 | 2(1) | |
| Note: Figures in brackets denote entrants to the Commonwealth Relations Office, before the creation of the Diplomatic Service on 1st January, 1965. |