§ 13. Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Minister for the Civil Service what he has done to implement the recommendations of the Fulton Committee as to greater use of professionally qualified accountants within the Civil Service.
§ Mrs. HartAn interdepartmental working party is following up the recommendations of the Fulton Committee. We hope that progress will not be too much affected by the national shortage of accountants.
§ Mr. WainwrightMay we take it from that Answer that the right hon. Lady supports the recommendations of the Fulton Committee in regard to qualified accountants?
§ Mrs. HartWe are now following up those recommendations. It remains to be seen how far we can follow them up with precision.
§ Mr. DalyellIs consideration being given to the problems of the Inland Revenue, which is losing many accountants to private law and insurance firms?
§ Mrs. HartOne would hope that consideration now being given—discussions, 921 for example, with the institutions involved—will result in the kind of solution that will assist in the staffing departments generally of the Civil Service concerning accountants.
§ 14. Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many persons were in post in each of the grades of the professional accountant
| Date | Director | Assistant Director | Chief Accountant | Senior Accountant | Accountant | ||||
| 1st January, 1967 | … | Posts | … | … | 7 | 22 | 85 | 238 | 29 |
| Numbers in post | … | 7 | 21 | 81 | 195 | 30 | |||
| 1st January, 1968 | … | Posts | … | … | 5 | 18 | 83 | 259 | 25 |
| Numbers in post | … | 5 | 18 | 80 | 206 | 24 | |||
| 1st January, 1969 | … | Posts | … | … | 6 | 19 | 91 | 289 | |
| Numbers in post | … | 5 | 19 | 82 | 234 |