§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will estimate the number and percentage of civil servants in her Department, at each grade including and above higher executive officer who(a) attended university and (b) attended either Oxford or Cambridge University. [33074]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 9 March 1998]: I have asked Chief Executives of the Department's Agencies to reply to my hon. Friend separately.
For the headquarters area of the Department, excluding Agencies and the Government Offices, accurate data are not available in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
712WLetter from Jim Norton to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I have been asked by the President of the Board of Trade to reply to the above Parliamentary Question with information about the Radiocommunications Agency.From the information retained on staff in the radio-communications Agency, the estimated number and percentage who attended university is as follows:
Number Percentage HEO 9 21 HTTO/HPTO 34 48 SEO 2 12 STTO/SPTO 18 48 Grade 7 and equivalent 13 42 Grade 6 and equivalent 4 80 Senior Civil Service 5 71 Of the above staff, one Grade 7 equivalent and one Senior Civil Servant attended Cambridge University and one Senior Civil Servant attended Oxford University.Letter from John Holden to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I have been asked to reply to your question to the President of the Board of Trade regarding the number of civil servants who attended university.Companies House personnel records show that 52 staff, at all levels, attended university, of which one attended Cambridge. This is approximately 5% of total staff numbers.Records are not maintained by grades and to identify those in former grades HEO and above could only be undertaken at disproportionate cost.Letter from Ian Jones to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
The number of ETS Civil Servants at each DTI Band at HEO equivalent or above who (a) attended university and (b) attended Oxford or Cambridge is shown below:
- Band B HEO Level: 2(6.3%) out of 32
- Band C SEO+G7: 7(50%) out of 14
- SCS: 1(100%) out of 1
- Band B and C: Nil out of 36
- SCS: 1(100%) out of 1.
Letter from Peter Joyce to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply to your question about the number of staff at each grade at and above Higher Executive Officer in The Insolvency Service who have (a) attended university, and (b) attended either Oxford or Cambridge University.I regret that the information held by The Service on its staff is not maintained in a form which would provide the details you have asked for except at disproportionate cost.Letter from P. R. S. Hartnack to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I am replying for the Patent Office to your Parliamentary Question about the number of Patent Office staff at HEO (B3) level and above who attended university and attended either Oxford or Cambridge University. The information relates to grades that fall within the Office's grading structure (B3-D1) and excludes staff in the Senior Civil Service and its analogues.713WStaff who attended university:
- B3: 12 (21%)
- C1: 24 (56%)
- C2: 124 (94%)
- D1: 2 (67%)
Staff gaining degrees at Oxford or Cambridge University:
- B3: 1 (2%)
- C1: 2 (5%)
- C2: 10 (8%).
Letter from Dr. Seton Bennett to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory to your question about the numbers of civil servants at each grade including and above higher executive officer who have attended university.The information is not easily available in the form requested and could only be retrieved at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will estimate the number of civil servants in her Department, at each grade, who received their schooling in the independent school sector. [33075]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 9 March 1998]: I have asked the Chief Executives of the Department's Agencies to reply to my hon. Friend separately.
For the headquarters area of the Department, excluding Agencies and the Government Offices, the information requested is not readily available and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Letter from Jim Norton to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I have been asked by the President of the Board of Trade to reply to the above Parliamentary Question with information about the Radiocommunications Agency.From the information retained on staff in the Radio-communications Agency, it is not possible to identify how many received their schooling in the independent school sector.Letter from John Holden to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I have been asked to reply to your question to the President of the Board of Trade regarding the number of civil servants who received schooling in the independent school sector.No information on schooling is maintained on Companies House personnel database and to derive this information otherwise could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.Letter from Ian Jones to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I have been asked to reply to your Question of 4 March 1998 to the President of the Board of Trade concerning Civil Servants who were educated in the Independent School sector.ETS could obtain this information only at disproportionate cost.Letter from Peter Joyce to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
714WThe President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply to your question about the number of staff in the Insolvency Service who received their schooling in the independent school sector.I regret that the information held by the Service on its staff is not maintained in a form which would provide the details you have asked for except at disproportionate cost.Letter from P. R. S. Hartnack to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I am replying for the Patent Office to your Parliamentary Question about the number of Patent Office staff that received their schooling in the independent school sector. I am sorry to inform you that the information is not readily available.Letter from Dr. Seton Bennett to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory to your question about the numbers of civil servants who received schooling in the independent school sector.The information is not easily available in the form requested and could be retrieved only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will estimate for each of the last five years, the number and percentage of new civil servants in her Department who attended Oxford or Cambridge University, broken down into the number of entrants joining the Department from(a) the regular Civil Service entrance procedure, (b) the fast stream and (c) the private sector. [33076]
§ Mrs. Beckett[holding answer 9 March 1998]: The table shows the estimated number of new civil servants in DTI headquarters who attended Oxford or Cambridge university through regular or fast stream entry procedures. Statistics on those with previous private sector experience are not readily available (there would be a disproportionate cost in producing the information).
of which Stream Number of new civil servants Number and percentage attending Oxford/Cambridge non fast stream fast 1993 91 11 (12%) 4 7 1994 54 7 (13%) 0 7 1995 65 10 (15%) 1 9 1996 56 10 (18%) 1 9 1997 34 9 (26%) 1 8 Total 300 47 (16%) 7 40 I have asked the Chief Executives of the Department's Agencies to reply to my hon. Friend separately.
Letter from Jim Norton to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I have been asked by the President of the Board of Trade to reply to the above Parliamentary Question with information about the Radiocommunications Agency.From the information retained on staff in the Radiocommunications Agency, there are no staff who fall into these categories.Letter from John Holden to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
715WI have been asked to reply to your question to the President of the Board of Trade regarding the number of new civil servants who attended Oxford or Cambridge University joining the Department from a) the regular Civil Service entrance procedure, b) the fast stream or c) the private sector.In response, over the last five years only one person having attended Cambridge University has joined Companies House. The individual concerned was from the private sector.Letter from Peter Joyce to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply to your question about estimating the number and percentage of new staff in The Insolvency Service who attended Oxford or Cambridge University and joined The Service from (a) the regular Civil Service entrance procedure, (b) the fast stream and (c) the private sector.I regret that the information held by The Service on its staff is not maintained in a form which would provide the details you have asked for except at disproportionate cost. I should explain, however, that all new entrants to The Service are recruited on merit in fair and open competition in accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Code. The Service does not directly recruit staff for the fast stream.Letter from J. C. Octon to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
In the absence of the Comptroller General on official business, I am replying for the Patent Office to your Parliamentary Question to the President of the Board of Trade about the recent recruitment of graduates from Oxford and Cambridge Universities. You asked for an estimate over the last five years of the number and percentage of new civil servants who attended Oxford or Cambridge University broken down into the number of entrants joining the Patent Office from a) the regular civil service entrance procedure, b) the fast stream and c) the private sector.Over the past five years we have recruited from Oxford or Cambridge the following numbers:
- 1996: 3(14%)
- 1997: 2(4%)
All were recruited through regular civil service procedures.Letter from Dr. Seton Bennett to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory to your question about an estimate for each of the last five years, of the number and percentage of new civil servants in the Agency who attended Oxford or Cambridge University.The information is not easily available in the form requested and could be retrieved only at disproportionate cost.Letter from Martin Wilson to Mr. Brian Jenkins, dated March 1998:
I have been asked by the President of the Board of Trade to reply, in respect of the Employment Tribunals Service (ETS), to your question about new civil servants who obtained degrees from Oxford or Cambridge.ETS was established as an executive agency within the Department of Trade and Industry on I April 1997. Since that date we recruited 63 staff to permanent posts in administrative grades in the Agency. All staff were recruited in line with Office of Public Service principles of openness, fairness and on the basis of merit. None was recruited to a post requiring a university degree. We are not aware of any new recruits who attended Oxford or Cambridge Universities. There would be a disproportionate cost in researching this information in full.Previous to our establishment as an Agency, recruitment was under the authority of the Department and we do not have separate records for that period.