FOREIGN AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICES (Hansard, 10 April 1967)

§ Mr. Rhodes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what percentage of entrants to the administrative and executive grades of the foreign and diplomatic services came from each of the following universities during the last

PERCENTAGES OF ENTRANTS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND EXECUTIVE GRADES OF THE FOREIGN AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICES DURING THE YEARS 1962–1966
				1962	1963	1964	1965	No. 13 1966
				A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B
Oxford	…	…	…	61.5	3.8	60.0	—	66.6	16.6	28.9	2.3	42.8	7.7
Cambridge	…	…	…	23.1	—	32.0	11.5	22.2	10.0	39.5	9.3	38.4	5.7
London	…	…	…	—	3.8	—	19.2	5.5	3.3	7.9	7.0	7.7	3.8
Newcastle	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.3	—	—
Durham	…	…	…	3.8	—	—	—	—	3.3	—	2.3	—	—
Manchester	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.8

Note 1. Column A refers to the Administrative Grades and Column B to the Executive Branch of the Service.

Note 2. Percentage in Column B is based on the total intake into the Executive Branch including the non-graduate entry and is not a proportion of the graduate intake only.

§ Mr. Rhodes

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the sum total of applicants for the administrative and executive grades of the Foreign and Diplomatic Services from the Universities of Newcastle, Durham, Leeds, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool and Hull during the last five years; and how many were successful.

ADMINISTRATIVE/EXECUTIVE GRADES APPLICANTS (Figures of those successful are shown in brackets)
No. 14
	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966
	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	A	B	Totals
Newcastle	…	—	—	—	—	—	—	5(0)	1(1)	8(0)	3(0)	17(1)
Durham	…	5(1)	—	9(0)	1(0)	4(0)	1(1)	15(0)	4(1)	9(1)	—	48(4)
Leeds	…	2(0)	—	2(0)	1(0)	5(0)	2(0)	3(0)	—	1(0)	8(0)	24(0)
Sheffield	…	—	—	2(0)	1(0)	1(0)	—	—	2(0)	2(0)	1(0)	9(0)
Manchester	…	8(0)	3(0)	2(0)	1(0)	9(0)	—	6(0)	4(0)	17(0)	7(2)	57(2)
Liverpool	…	—	—	1(0)	2(0)	2(0)	1(0)	5(0)	—	8(0)	1(0)	20(0)
Hull	…	2(0)	—	—	—	1(0)	1(0)	3(0)	1(0)	—	4(0)	12(0)
Totals	…	17(1)	3(0)	16(0)	6(0)	22(0)	5(1)	37(0)	12(2)	45(1)	24(2)	187(7)

Note

Success is given in brackets.

Column A refers to the Administrative Branch of the Service, Column B to the University intake into the Executive Branch.