FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH RELATIONS SERVICES (ENTRANTS)

HC Deb 02 July 1965 vol 715 c139W

Mr. Rose

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proportion of entrants to the foreign and diplomatic sections of the Civil Service came from each of the following universities during the last live years, namely, Oxford, Cambridge, London and Manchester.

Mr. George Thomson

The proportion of entrants to the Foreign Service and the Commonwealth Relations Service for the years 1960–64 from the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London and Manchester are as follows:

Oxford	…	…	…	44 per cent.
Cambridge	…	…	…	26 per cent.
London	…	…	…	8 per cent.
Manchester		…	…	0 per cent.