HC Deb 21 March 1995 vol 257 cc176-7W
Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans he has to introduce and develop a code of conduct for civil servants.

Mr. David Hunt

In "The Civil Service—Taking Forward Continuity and Change", CM 2748, published on 26 January, the Government accepted the recommendation of the Treasury and Civil Service Committee for a new civil service code, to set out with greater clarity and brevity than existing documents the constitutional framework within which all civil servants work and the values which they are expected to uphold. The Government have published a draft code based on the Select Committee's proposal and aims to settle the text of the code after consultation with the Select Committee, civil servants, the civil service unions, and others.

Ms Hodge

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many vacancies in the civil service or its agencies have occurred since the publication of the civil service White Paper in July 1994; and how many of these vacancies have been(a) filled by internal candidates, (b) not been filled and (c) filled by external candidates. [14690]

Mr. Horam

Since the publication of the civil service White Paper in July 1994 there have been 36 vacancies in the civil service and its agencies at grade 3 level and above:

  1. (a) 22 were filled by internal candidates
  2. (b) 4 have not yet been filled (competitions are in train)
  3. (c) 7 were filled by external candidates
  4. (d) 3 were filled by candidates holding fixed term appointments to which they were recruited from outside the Service.

Information is not held centrally about all appointments to vacancies in Departments and agencies below grade 3 level.

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