§ Mrs. Millie Millerasked the Minister for the Civil Service why the Government do not use their own job centres and other facilities for staff recruitment in preference to Press advertising and commercial employment agencies.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe Civil Service Commission which is responsible for the recruitment of all permanent civil servants, has to do so by fair and open competition, making vacancies known both to those seeking work and to those already employed. This normally necessitates the use of Press advertising. Commercial employment agencies are seldom if ever used, but all vacancies are notified to the Employment Service Agency.
Individual Government Departments, to whom the initial responsibility for recruitment to junior grades has been delegated, follow the same rules for their local recruitment operations.