FOREIGN SERVICE (RESIGNATIONS)

HC Deb 30 May 1957 vol 571 cc53-4W

Captain Kerby

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will now state the number of resignations

—	1 May 1946–30 Apr, 1947	1 May 1947–30 Apr, 1948	1 May 1948–30 Apr, 1949	1 May 1949–30 Apr, 1950	1 May 1950–30 Apr, 1951
Branch A	…	…	…	3	4	3	5	4
Branch B	…	…	…	—	—	5	19	37
Branch C	…	…	…	—	—	6	15	46
Branch D	…	…	…	—	—	—	—	1

from the Foreign Service during each of the five years up to 1951, in order to enable a comparison to he made with the figures for the period from 1951 to 1956 which have been made available.

Mr. Ian Harvey

The junior branches (B, C and D) of the Foreign Service in their present form did not come into existence until 1947–48 and their formation was not completed until 1950–51. Figures are given below for resignations from the various Branches of the Service for each year, for which it is possible to produce any figures, until 1st May, 1951; but the totals for Branches B, C and D are not comparable with those for subsequent years.