§ Mr. Rees-Williamsasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many applicants have been accepted for the Colonial Service during the last 16 months; what proportion of these were drawn from the Colonial peoples; what proportion from the Dominions; what is their educational background; and what deficiency in staff remains.
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Mr. Creech JonesThe following figures (which do not cover recruitment for subordinate technical and other posts, statistics of which are not available because the great majority of such posts are filled by Colonial Governments from Colonial people, and the Crown Agents for the Colonies fill posts where no qualified candidates are available locally) show the results of recruitment by the Colonial Office and its agencies in the Dominions for the higher grades of the Colonial Service:
Total Applicants accepted 2,335 Colonial peoples: about 2½ per cent. of this total, in addition to a certain number with Colonial affinities who have presented themselves as United Kingdom candidates. Drawn from Dominions about 6 per cent. Educational background: (a) Schools: Public Elementary and State aided secondary about 46 per cent. Private Preparatory and Public Schools. about 35 per cert. Overseas about 12 per cent. Mixtures and indeterminate. about 7 per cent. (b) Universities: Oxford and Cambridge about 19 per cent. Other English and Welsh Universities. about 29 per cent. Scots Universities about 10 per cent. Overseas Universities about 8 per cent. No University about 34 per cent. Present deficiencies: Engineers 200 Agriculturalists, Veterinarians, Geologists, etc. 150 Doctors 100 Teachers 80