HC Deb 18 February 1949 vol 461 cc215-6W
Colonel Clarke

asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many vacancies exist in the Administrative Class of the home Civil Service; and what average percentage of candidates are turned down by the Civil Service Selection Board.

Mr. Glenvil Hall

At the end of January, 1949, there were 67 unfilled vacancies in the assistant principal grade of the Administrative Class out of a total of 650 to be filled from the reconstruction competitions; there were also 14 vacancies unfilled from the first of the resumed normal competitions held in 1948. About 50 vacancies in the principal grade are to be filled from a current competition the result of which will be announced shortly. Approximately one in six of

mileage involved, the cost and the anticipated dates of completion.

Mr. Barnes

No new schemes have been put in hand since V.J. Day; the works described below refer to schemes which were started before the war and which were resumed after V.J. Day.

the eligible candidates examined in the competitions for recruitment of assistant principals were declared successful.

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