§ Mr. Rostasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many unfilled vacancies in his Department there are for which recruits are required and are not yet found.
§ Mr. BennThere are altogether 32 vacancies at the present time and action is in progress to fill them.
§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list for each of the last three years the number of civil servants in his Department who have been prematurely retired on grounds of (i) inefficiency, (ii) limited efficiency, (iii) redundancy, and (iv) discipline, showing executive and administrative grades, separately.
§ Mr. BennSince the Department of Energy was created in January 1974, no staff have been prematurely retired on any of the grounds stated.