HC Deb 14 July 1977 vol 935 cc241-2W
Mr. R. C. Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many civil servants in his Department of the rank of principal or equivalent and above are graduates of Oxford and Cambridge universities; and how many are graduates of other universities;

(2) how many civil servants in his Department of the rank of deputy secretary or equivalent and above are graduates of Oxford and Cambridge and how many are graduates of other universities.

Dr. Gilbert

Of the 4,921 staff of the rank of principal, or equivalent, and above 349 are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge universities and 1,317 are graduates of other universities. Sixty-three have degrees from Oxford or Cambridge and another university. Included in these figures are 27 staff of the rank of deputy secretary, or equivalent, and above, of whom 13 are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge, 10 are graduates of other universities and one has degrees from Cambridge and another university.