§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Minister for the Civil Service in how many cases since 1st January 1970 civil servants have requested permission to accept positions connected with their previous work within two years of retirement in terms of Estacode, section K, paragraph 8 ; and to which Departments they belonged.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerAs I said in my Written Answer to the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Meacher) on 5th November, it is not the practice to record centrally cases handled by Departments within their discretion. Since January 1970, the following cases have been referred to the Civil Service Department. They are cases in which civil servants have requested permission to leave the Civil Service to take posts clearly connected with their previous official work.
Posts clearly connected Consultant posts Ministry of Agriculture 2 — Ministry of Aviation 1 — Cabinet Office — 1 H.M. Customs & Excise 1 — Ministry of Defence 10 7 Department of the Environment 5 10 Export Credits Guarantee Department — 1 Government Communications Headquarters 2 — Ministry of Housing and Local Government — 2 Royal Mint 1 — Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications — 1 Ministry of Public Buildings and Works — 1 Scottish Office — 1 H.M. Stationery Office 1 — Ministry of Technology 1 1 Department of Trade and Industry 5 3 Ministry of Transport — 1 H.M. Treasury 1 — Welsh Office — 1 30 30