§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether, pursuant to the answer by the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth (Mr. Hayhoe) Official Report, 25 480W November, column 377, she will list in the Official Report the Departments to which the 65 people appointed from outside the Civil Service since 1978 to grades of Assistant Secretary or above have been recruited.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe information requested is as follows for the period from 1 November 1978 to 31 October 1981:
Department Number of Appointments Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1 Civil Service Department 5 Ministry of Defence 26 Department of Education and Science 1 Department of Energy 2 Department of the Environment 1 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1 Department of Health and Social Security 9 Health and Safety Executive 1 Home Office 3 Office of Population Censuses and Surveys 1 Scottish Office 5 Departments of Trade and Industry 9 Treasury 1 Welsh Office 1 Total 67 The figure of 65 posts at the level of Assistant Secretary and above in the Home Civil Service included in my answer on 25 November consisted of 28 to which requirement had been undertaken centrally by the Civil Service Commission and 39—two of which have only recently been notified to MPO—to which appointments had been made directly by employing Departments.