§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many civil servants of the administrative grades are employed in his Department; and what is the percentage eduacted in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) grammar schools, (c) direct grant schools and (d) public schools.
§ Mr. GoldingThe provisional figure for the number of civil servants in the Administration Group employed in my Department on 1st July 1976 was 21,234. The compilation of an analysis of their eduactional background would take a disproportionate amount of staff time.