§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Aviation how many of the companies listed by him on 28th November have had contractual relations with his Department; what was the extent of such relations; and what were the ranks of the civil servants who joined each of the companies listed on 28th November.
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Firm Grade of Officer Aberdale Cables Ltd. … … … Permanent Secretary Aero Jet General Corporation of America … … … Chief Scientific Officer Air Trainers Ltd. … … … Senior Principal Scientific Officer Albright & Wilson Ltd. … … … Senior Principal Scientific Officer Aldis Bros. Ltd. … … … Director (Engineer) Appleby & Ireland Ltd. … … … Director General (Engineer) Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd. … … … Principal Executive Officer Blackburn & General Aircraft Co. Ltd. … … … Assistant Director (Engineer) B.R.D. Ltd. … … … Director (Engineer) Briggs Motor Bodies Ltd. … … … Principal Executive Officer Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd. … … … Engineer I Bristol Aircraft Ltd. … … … Senior Principal Scientific Officer British & French Bank … … … Permanent Secretary British Communications Corporation Ltd. … … … Principal Scientific Officer British Motor Corporation … … … Director (Engineer) British Oxygen Ltd. … … … Chief Scientist British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd. … … … Senior Chief Executive Officer Brockworth Engineering Ltd. … … … Principal Executive Officer S.G.Brown Ltd. … … … Assistant Director (Engineer) Principal Scientific Officer Canadian British Aluminium Co. Ltd. … … … Permanent Secretary Cogswell & Harrison Ltd. … … … Chief Executive Officer Collins Radio Co. of England Ltd. … … … Senior Experimental Officer Constable Hart & Co. Ltd. … … … Senior Principal Scientific Officer Coventry Gauge & Tool Co. … … … Assistant Director (Engineer) Dowty Group … … … Director (Engineer) Assistant Director (Engineer) B. Elliott & Co. Ltd. … … … Assistant Secretary Ferranti Ltd. … … … Senior Principal Scientific Officer W. J. Fraser & Co. Ltd. … … … Permanent Secretary Garringtons Ltd. … … … Director (Engineer) General Tire & Rubber Co. … … … Chief Scientific Officer General Precision Corporation of New York … … Chief Scientific Officer Glass Developments Ltd. … … … Director (Engineer) Glass Yarns & Deeside Fabrics Ltd. … … … Principal Executive Officer Guest, Keen & Nettlefold Ltd. … … … Principal Scientific Officer Hawker, Siddeley Group Ltd. … … … Chief Scientific Officer Hecht, Levis & Kahn … … … Permanent Secretary Hispano-Suiza Group … … … Director (Engineer) Hobourn Aero Components Ltd. … … … Principal Executive Officer Hunting Engineering Ltd. … … … Principal Scientific Officer International Computers & Tabulators Ltd. … … … Deputy Chief Scientific Officer J. Langham Thompson Ltd. … … … Principal Scientific Officer Legal & General Assurance Soc. Ltd. … … … Permanent Secretary Manicouagan Power Co. … … … Permanent Secretary Massey Harris Ferguson Ltd. … … … Chief Scientific Officer Maudslay Motor Co. of Coventry … … … Principal Executive Officer Microcell Aircraft … … … Deputy Chief Scientific Officer Mullard Equipment Ltd. … … … Deputy Chief Scientific Officer Mullard Ltd. … … … Chief Scientific Officer Nathan Agran Ltd. … … … Senior Chief Executive Officer Newman Industries Ltd. … … … Assistant Director (Engineer) Jack Olding … … … Assistant Secretary Painton & Co. Ltd. … … … Deputy Chief Scientific Officer Pena Copper Mines Group … … … Director (Engineering) Petters Ltd. … … … Chief Scientific Officer Projectiles & Engineering Co. Ltd. … … … Director General (Engineer) Deputy Secretary Pulsometer Group … … … Senior Principal Scientific Officer Reynolds T.I. Aluminium Ltd. … … … Permanent Secretary
§ Mr. AmeryFifty-six. In three other cases I have not immediately been able to determine with certainty whether or not a contractual relationship has existed.
It would be contrary to established practice to disclose the extent of a firm's contracts with the Department.
The answer to the last part of the Question is as follows:
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Firm Grade of Officer Saben Hart & Partners Ltd. … … … … Assistant Director (Engineer) Scottish Aviation Ltd. … … … … Engineer II Serck Radiators Ltd … … … … Engineer I S.F.I.M. (G.B.) Ltd. … … … … Deputy Chief Scientific Officer J. E. Shay Ltd. … … … … Director General (Engineer) Siemens Bros. & Co. Ltd. … … … … Deputy Chief Scientific Officer Silentbloc Ltd. … … … … Permanent Secretary Simons Equipment Ltd. … … … … Senior Experimental Officer Standard Telecommunications Laboratories … … … … Deputy Chief Scientific Officer Taycorn Engineering Co. Ltd. … … … … Engineer I F. Taylor & Sons (Manchester) Ltd. … … … … Assistant Director (Engineer) Tube Investment Research Laboratories … … … … Deputy Chief Scientific Officer Urquharts (1926) Ltd. … … … … Chief Scientific Officer Venesta Foils Ltd. … … … … Permanent Secretary Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. … … … … Chief Scientific Officer S. C. Warburg & Co. Ltd. … … … … Permanent Secretary Westland Aircraft Ltd. … … … … Chief Scientific Officer
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Aviation how many administrative, executive and technical officers of his Department, with salaries of more than £1,500 per annum, have, within the past 10 years, joined industrial firms within two years of leaving the Civil Service and failed to seek permission or notify his Department, in cases where such permission or notification was required by his regulations; how many applied and were refused permission; and what criteria his Department adopts regarding these releases.
§ Mr. AmeryI know of no cases in which permission was required and was not sought. In two cases permission was refused. In a number of other cases, of which no complete record has been retained, the officers concerned decided after informal inquiries not to submit formal applications.
My Department is guided by the Memorandum on the subject of the Acceptance of Business Appointments by Officers of the Crown Services, Cmd. 5517 of 1937. The rule that permission is required before an offer of employment is accepted has been applied by my Department and by the previous Ministry of Supply to a very wide range of posts down to a very junior level. That is because the Department, which employs some thousands of scientists, engineers and technical staff of potential value to industry, also has wide ranging contractual relationships. It has been the object of successive Ministers to ensure that, while industry is not denied the services of some very able people, nor they themselves denied the chance to make a new career, this fruitful exchange should not be allowed to influence the 18W placing of contracts or to lead to favours being sought or given. Each application is therefore closely examined.
§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Aviation which administrative, executive and technical officers of his Department, with salaries of £1,500-£2,000 per annum, have taken up posts with industrial firms within two years of leaving the Civil Service over the past 10 years, in cases requiring the approval of his Department; and what were the firms they joined.
§ Mr. AmeryThe following table shows the numbers of officers by grades for whom applications to take up posts with industrial firms have been approved over the last 10 years:
Year Grade of Officer 1953 — 1954 1 Senior Principal Scientific Officer. 1955 1 Senior Scientific Officer. 3 Senior Experimental Officers. 1 Engineer II. 1956 1 Senior Scientific Officer. 3 Engineer II. 1 Chemist II. 1957 2 Engineers II. 1958 1 Senior Executive Officer. 1 Engineer II. 1959 2 Senior Scientific Officers. 1 Engineer II. 1 Chemist II. 1960 1 Principal Scientific Officer. 1 Engineer II. 1961 — 1962 — This includes 6 officers in former Ministry of Supply posts no longer part of the Ministry of Aviation.
19WThe names of the firms concerned at the time of application are as follows:
- Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd.
- British Communications Corporation Ltd.
- Chetwood Safe & Engineering Co. Ltd.
- Du Pont Ltd.
- E.M.I. Electronics Ltd.
- Epsylon R. & D. Co.
- Ferranti Ltd.
- Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd.
- I.C.I. Ltd.
- K & L Steel Founders & Engineers Ltd.
- A. Macklow-Smith Ltd.
- Marshalls Flying School Ltd.
- Reid & Sigrist Ltd.
- R.F.D. Co. of Godalming.
- A. V. Roe & Co Ltd.
- Ruston & Hornsby Ltd
- Saben Hart & Partners Ltd.
- Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd.
- Siemens Edison Swan Ltd.
- Smiths Aircraft Instruments Ltd.
There is no record of whether the appointments for which approval has been given were actually made.