§ 64. Mr. Sheermanasked the Minister for the Civil Service what is the difference in the number of school leavers and college leavers recruited to the Civil Service in 1978, 1979 and 1980; and what is his estimate for 1981.
§ Mr. HayhoeThere were 10,600 entrants to the non industrial Home Civil Service in 1980 identified as school or further education leavers. This compares with 9,000 such entrants in 1979 and 15,900 in 1978. Whilst I cannot give a precise estimate because I expect recruitment generally to be lower in 1981 I would expect the figure for school leavers and further education leavers also to be lower.