§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many persons in his Department have been downgraded or disciplined for inefficiency in the years 1980 and 1981 and in the latest period available for 1982; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HurdIn the period January 1980 to April 1982 one officer has been downgraded and 22 others have left the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on grounds of inefficiency. Suitable action, of which we do not have a collective record, has been taken in less serious cases.