§ 67. Mr. Callaghanasked the Minister of Transport if he will state, for each of the competitions for driving and traffic examiners during the last 10 years, the number of candidates who have been former police officers and the number successful in each competition.
§ Mr. MarplesThe Civil Service Commission, who run the competitions, have not retained the information for so long a period. An analysis of applications from more recent competitions would involve the examination of many thousands of application forms, and I do not think the time and effort entailed would be justified.
Boys Class of employment 1960 1961 1962 Number entering Percentage of Total entrants Number entering Percentage of Total entrants Number entering Percentage of Total entrants (1) Apprenticeship of leaner ship to skilled occupations 10,733 33.3 12,606 38.2 14,077 38.9 (2) Employment leading to recognised professional qualifications fications … … … 350 1.1 412 1.2 396 1.1 (3) Clerical employment … 2,805 8.7 2,460 7.5 2,492 6.9 (4) Employment with lasting at least 1 year not covered in (1) to (3) above —* 2,277 6.9 1,324 3.7 (5) Other employment … 18,328 56.9 15.239 46.2 17,866 49.4 TOTAL … … … 32,216 32,994 36,155 *Included in class 5 before January, 1961.