§ Mr. Masonasked the Minister of Defence (1) if he will publish a list of the administrative, executive and technical officers of his Department with salaries of more than £2,000 per annum who on resigning or retiring over the past ten years have taken up posts with industrial firms, signifying which of these have done so within two years of leaving 102W the Civil Service, in cases requiring the approval of his Department;
(2) if he will publish a list of the administrative, executive and technical officers of his department with salaries of more than £2,000 per annum who on resigning or retiring over the past 10 years have taken up posts with industrial firms, stating the firms which they joined within two years of leaving the Civil Service, in cases requiring the approval of his Department.
§ Mr. ThorneycroftThe following table lists, by grades, the officers for whom applications to take up posts with industrial firms have been approved during the last ten years:—
Year Grade of Officer 1961 1 Permanent Secretary. 1961 1 Recruiting Adviser. The firms concerned in these applications were as follows:—
- International Computors and Tabulators Ltd.
- John Lewis & Co. Ltd.
There is no requirement for officers to obtain approval to take up posts when they have been retired from Public Service for more than two years.