HC Deb 18 February 1994 vol 237 cc1010-1W
Mr. Brazier

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the review of the civil service fast stream entry recommended by the career management and succession planning study is yet under way.

Mr. Waldegrave

A review of the civil service fast stream entry is now under way as recommended by the "Career Management and Succession Planning Study"—the Oughton report. The review team has been asked to report by the end of June 1994.

The team will consider whether the fast stream entry should continue and, if so, whether the arrangements need to be revised to ensure that sufficient people with the right qualifications and aptitudes are attracted to the civil service, and how far these arrangements need to be adapted to reflect the more explicit criteria being developed for the senior open structure—the top three grades in the civil service.