§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what satistics he has on the number of former parliamentary candidates who have been recruited to the permanent home civil service.
§ Mr. WaldegraveNo such statistics are kept.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what consultations he has had with the chairman of the Civil Service Commission in relation to the recruitment of Mr. Paul Martin to the permanent home civil service, and in relation to the recruitment of former parliamentary candidates generally.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI have had no consultations with the First Civil Service Commissioner on this subject. There is no bar to the employment in the civil service of a person who, although previously politically active, takes a decision to seek a career in the service and is willing to abide by the rules on the political activities of serving civil servants once appointed.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what guidelines he has issued in relation to the recruitment of previous parliamentary candidates into the permanent home civil service; what proposals he has for maintenance of party political neutrality within the permanent home civil service in circumstances where previous parliamentary candidates have been recruited; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe principle of selection on merit on the basis of fair and open competition precludes previous political activity being a consideration in civil 273W service recruitment. The rules on political activities in the conduct chapter of the Civil Service Management Code, a copy of which is in the Library, apply to all staff according to the nature of their work. A recruit accepts those rules as a condition of service.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what guidelines he has issued in relation to the treatment of references from party political or ministerial sources in relation to recruitment to the permanent home civil service.
§ Mr. WaldegraveNo guidelines have been issued by my Department relating specifically to references from party political or ministerial sources in relation to recruitment to the permanent home civil service. Where references are sought, their purpose is to assist the selectors in assessing suitability for the grade or post concerned in relation to the qualities, experience and qualifications required.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on what date the application of Paul Martin for recruitment to the permanent home civil service was received by the Civil Service Commission; and on what
Real fares indices (1984–85 = 100) London Buses London Underground London Transport Network SouthEast British Rail 1984–85 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1985–86 102.5 101.3 101.7 101.2 100.9 1986–87 105.2 103.8 104.1 104.9 105.1 1987–88 106.1 106.1 105.9 106.1 106.5 1988–89 111.0 110.5 110.1 107.1 107.7 1989–90 113.6 113.8 113.2 107.7 107.9 1990–91 114.2 115.4 114.4 108.2 108.4 1991–92 119.5 121.1 119.8 113.1 113.0 1992–93 124.9 126.5 125.2 118.1 117.2 1993–94 132.6 133.9 132.7 125.1 122.0
Actual fares indices (1984–85 = 100) London Buses London Underground London Transport Network SouthEast British Rail 1984–85 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 1985–86 108.6 107.2 107.7 107.2 106.9 1986–87 115.0 113.4 113.7 114.7 114.9 1987–88 120.6 120.6 120.3 120.6 121.1 1988–89 133.7 133.1 132.7 129.0 129.8 1989–90 147.5 147.8 147.1 140.0 140.1 1990–91 162.6 164.4 163.0 154.1 154.4 1991–92 178.2 180.7 178.8 168.8 168.7 1992–93 192.2 194.7 192.7 181.8 180.4 1993–94 207.6 209.6 207.7 195.8 191.0
§ Mr. RaynsfordTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish an index showing the increase in child fares on(a) London buses, (b) London Underground, (c) all London transport, (d) Network SouthEast and (e) all British Rail, for each year since 1984–85 taking 1984–85 as the base and showing the increase in both actual and real terms.
§ Mr. NorrisThe information available for London buses, London Underground and London Transport bus and underground services combined is shown in the tables. Comparable figures for British Rail and Network SouthEast are not readily available.
274Wdate Mr. Martin (a) took his examination, (b) was interviewed, (c) had his references taken up and (d) commenced employment in the permanent civil service.
§ Mr. WaldegraveMr. Martin submitted an application form for the administrative fast stream entry in September 1992, sat the qualifying test in October 1992, attended the civil service selection board in December 1992 and the final selection board in February 1993, and took up employment in the civil service in June 1993. References were taken up in November 1992.