Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in his Department of the rank of principal (or equivalent) and above are graduates of Oxford and Cambridge universities; and how many are graduates of other universities.
§ Mr. William RodgersOf the 363 staff in my Department of the rank of principal, or equivalent, and above, 39 are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge, 85 hold degrees from other universities and four are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge and of another university. The remaining 235 are non-graduates. In addition, there are 709 staff in these ranks who provide a common service to my
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Year Gas (total number of disconnections) Electricity (total number of disconnections) Electricity (disconnections of domestic premises) 1972–73 … … … … … 32,934 117,369 — 1973–74 … … … … … 32,701 113,778 — 1974–75 … … … … … 34,872 120,330 — 1975–76 … … … … … 39,842 138,399 125,483 1976–77 … … … … … 38,951 — 103,941 Department and to the Department of the Environment. Of these, 73 are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge, 370 hold degrees from other universities and 24 are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge and of another university. The remaining 242 are non-graduates.
Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in his Department of the rank of deputy secretary, or equivalent, and above are graduates of Oxford and Cambridge and how many are graduates of other universities.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe Permanent Secretary and one of the two deputy secretaries are Oxford graduates. Common services to my Department and that of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment are provided by four groups of staff each headed by a deputy secretary. All four deputy secretaries are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge.