§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many posts are classified as restricted to United Kingdom nationals only in the Civil Service, by department. [45114]
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§ Dr. David ClarkA full survey of the number of 'Public Service' posts (i.e. posts which, under the terms of the EC Treaty, member states may reserve for their
Department Number of public service posts Public service posts as % of total Number of non public service posts Non public service posts as % of total Total number of posts Agriculture 1,536 14 9,063 86 10,599 Customs and Excise 18,704 72 7,305 28 26,009 Cabinet Office 774 35 1,446 65 2,220 Charity Commission 0 0 714 100 714 Central Office of Information 0 0 515 100 515 CPS 36 1 6,399 99 6,435 Crown Office 52 5 1,001 95 1,053 Defence1 46,075 40 69,381 60 115,457 Education 74 3 2,249 97 2,323 Employment Department 637 1 58,472 99 59,109 Environment 243 9 2,513 91 2,756 FCO 6,581 100 0 0 6,581 Government Actuary's Department 10 13 67 87 77 Health 42 1 4,633 99 4,675 HMSO 8 1 2,041 99 2,049 Home Office 728 2 47,772 98 48,500 Inland Revenue2 51,015 70 21,721 30 72,736 Intervention Board 20 2 1,020 98 1,040 Land Registry 2 1 8,535 99 8,537 Legal Secretariat Law Officer 21 75 7 25 28 Lord Advocates Department 20 91 2 9 22 Lord Chancellor's Department 1,091 9 11,346 91 12,437 National Heritage 309 28 793 72 1,102 National Investment and Loans Office 0 0 39 100 39 National Savings 31 1 5,569 99 5,600 Northern Ireland Office 185 83 39 17 224 ODA 227 20 882 80 1,109 Office of Fair Trading 47 11 371 89 418 Ofsted 10 2 577 98 587 Office of Water Services 0 0 156 100 156 OPCS 0 0 1,879 100 1,879 Ordnance Survey 11 1 2,053 99 2,064 Paymaster Generals Office 0 0 730 100 730 Privy Council Office 22 67 11 33 33 Public Records Office 11 2 455 98 466 PSA 0 0 458 100 458 Royal Mint 6 1 988 99 994 Scottish Courts Administration 14 1 1,001 99 1,015 Scottish Office 510 8 5,714 92 6,224 Scottish Prison Service 8 1 4,642 99 4,650 Social Security 189 1 84,070 99 84,259 Trade and Industry 1,793 18 8,319 82 10,112 Transport 336 2 15,269 98 15,605 Treasury2 121 12 931 88 1,052 Treasury Solicitor 45 9 458 91 503 Welsh Office 522 23 1,768 77 2,290 Total 132,066 25 392,574 75 524,640 1 1996 figures 2 1997 figures
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many posts he estimates will become restricted to United Kingdom nationals only in the Civil Service, due to retirement over the next five years, by department; [45112]
(2) how many posts have become restricted to United Kingdom nationals only since the 1996 Civil Service rule change, due to retirement, by department. [45113]
§ Dr. David Clark'Public Service' posts (i.e. posts which, under the terms of the EC Treaty, member states may reserve for their own nationals) are defined by the
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nature of the work undertaken in them. For this reason their number is not directly affected by changes of personnel.
Prior to the last change to the civil service nationality rules in 1996, these posts were also open to citizens of the Republic of Ireland and of Commonwealth countries. Post holders from those countries at the date of change were granted reserved rights to continue to work in such posts for the duration of their careers. No central records are available either of the number of 'public service' posts which at the time of the change in the rules were filled by non-UK nationals or of the number of 'public service' posts which are still filled by non-UK nationals.