§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many candidates from outside the Civil Service have been recruited at grade 6 level and each grade above in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985 to date.
§ Mr. LuceThe information requested for the years 1979–84 is given in the table. No data is, at present, available centrally for 1985. Some of the data for 1984 may be subject to correction because of late departmental returns.
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Level 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Grade 1 1 3 0 1 2 0 Grade 2 2 1 1 3 2 1 Grade 3 7 4 9 9 12 6 Grade 4 5 1 1 6 10 8 Grade 5 22 25 13 15 31 29
Level 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Grade 6 125 78 55 67 131 156 162 112 79 101 188 200