§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff have left his Department and 475W taken up employment in the private defence industry, for each year from 1979 to date; and what were the grades involved.
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 11988 Below HEO 5 13 4 24 34 101 159 124 50 11 HEO 23 20 31 71 104 115 97 110 92 12 SEO 33 22 41 65 121 112 173 82 72 22 Grade 7 16 24 44 31 69 66 136 60 72 14 Grade 6 1 6 3 7 19 14 31 29 12 7 Grade 5 7 10 13 14 30 15 35 16 20 6 Grades 1–4 6 10 23 21 34 21 46 18 16 2 Total 91 105 159 233 411 444 677 439 334 74 1 To date. Notes:
1. The table represents the number of individuals making applications rather than the number of applications received.
2. The table includes all MOD civil servants and service officers at equivalent grades/ranks.
3. The figures record the number of approvals given to prospective appointments; records do not exist of those appointments actually accepted.