HC Deb 14 July 1977 vol 935 c235W
Mr. R. C. Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Energy 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.

Dr. J. Dickson Mabon

Of 239 civil servants in my Department of the rank of principal or equivalent and above, 49 are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge and 100 are graduates of other universities.

Mr. R. C. Mitchell

asked the Secretary of State for Energy 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. J. Dickson Mabon

Of six officers of deputy secretary rank and above in the Department, three are graduates of Oxford or Cambridge and two are graduates of other universities.