FOREIGN, DIPLOMATIC AND COMMONWEALTH SERVICES (UNIVERSITY APPLICANTS)

HC Deb 19 July 1965 vol 716 c158W

Mr. Rose

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what were the numbers of applicants for the foreign, diplomatic and colonial service during 1960–65, respectively, from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, and other provincial universities; how many of these were accepted; and what steps he proposes to take to end the Oxford and Cambridge monopoly in this sphere.

Mr. George Thomson

The number of applications for the Foreign, Diplomatic and Commonwealth Services during 1960–65 from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester and other provincial universities was as follows:

from the provincial universities to visit the Foreign Office and the Commonwealth Relations Office.