§ Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Air (1) if he will publish a list of the administrative, executive and technical officers of his Department with salaries of more than £2,000 per annum who on resigning or retiring over the past ten years have taken up posts with industrial firms, signifying which of these have done so within two years of leaving the Civil Service, in cases requiring the approval of his Department;
(2) if he will publish a list of the administrative, executive and technical officers of his Department with salaries of more than £2,000 per annum who on resigning or retiring over the past 10 years have taken up posts with industrial firms, stating the firms which they joined within two years of leaving the Civil Service, in cases requiring the approval of his department.
§ Mr. H. FraserThe following is a list of the officers by grades for whom applications to take up posts with industrial firms have been approved in the last 10 years:—
Year Grade 1955 1 Permanent Under-Secretary of State. 1961 1 Director of Works. 1962 1 Mechanical and Electrical Engineer. The firms involved were:
- Hoare, Lea & Partners.
- John Blackwood Hodge & Co. Ltd.
- Short Bros. & Harland Ltd.
- William F. Rees Ltd.
Officers are not required to consult the Department about posts which they wish to take up more than two years after retirement from the public service.