§ Mr. Gristasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each of the last three years the number of civil servants in his 641W 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. RowlandsIn the Diplomatic Service, no distinction is made between administrative and executive grades at and above grade 5.—Principal—level.
In regard to the particular categories mentioned by the hon. Member, the details requested for unified grades—grades 1–5, administrative grades—grades 7A and 8—and executive grades—grades 6, 7E and 9—for the last three years, ending 31st October in each case, are as follows:
1973 Unified Grades Administrative Grades Executive Grades Inefficiency — — — Limited efficiency — — 9 Redundancy — — — Discipline — — —
1974 Unified Grades Administrative Grades Executive Grades Inefficiency — — — Limited efficiency — — 2 Redundancy — — 1 Discipline — — —
1975 Unified Grades Administrative Grades Executive Grades Inefficiency — — — Limited efficiency 1 — — Redundancy — — 1 Discipline — — — The Diplomatic Service as a whole is nearly 13 per cent. smaller now than the Foreign and Commonwealth Services were before their merger in 1965.