HC Deb 24 April 1978 vol 948 cc459-60W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the job performed by the three civil servants in the Treasury prior to their retirement in 1976 and 1977; what sector of the finance industry they transferred to; what was the name of the company; and if they now have official contact with the Treasury.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

The posts occupied prior to retirement by the three

in 1946, 1956, 1966, 1976, and 1977, or the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available, in United States dollars.

Mr. Denzil Davies

The latest available information is given in the table below, and has been converted to United States dollars using the average rate of exchange for the year in question. 1952 is the earliest year for which comparable data are available, and data for France in 1977 are not yet available.

officials of the Chancellor's departments—defined as "Treasury" in Table 2 of the Minister for the Civil Service's answer to my hon. Friend on 23rd March—[Vol. 936, c. 682–5]—were (a) Second Permanent Secretary, Overseas Finance, Her Majesty's Treasury (b) Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue and (c) Comptroller General of the National Debt Office. The companies with which they subsequently took up appointment were respectively Guinness Mahon and Co. Ltd. (banking), Price Waterhouse and Co. (accounting), and the Central Trustee Savings Bank Ltd. (banking).

One of the individuals is no longer employed in the finance industry: neither of the other two currently has official contact with Her Majesty's Treasury.