§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many staff within the Civil Service in the category intermediate, as defined by the Civil Service pay and conditions code, have permission to engage in local or national political activity.
§ Mr. Luce[holding answer 27 February 1989]: A review in 1987 showed that about 97,000 people in the intermediate category were in posts whose occupants are given standing permission to take part in local or national political activities.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many staff within the Civil Service fall within each of the categories(a) politically restricted, (b) intermediate and (c) politically free as defined by the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many staff within the Civil Service in each of the years 1979 to 1988 in the categories(a) politically restricted and (b) intermediate, as defined by the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, have (i) successfully and (ii) unsuccessfully appealed to the Civil Service appeal tribunal against a refusal of permission to take part in local or national political activity.
§ Mr. Luce[holding answer 27 February 1989]: The Civil Service appeal board has heard three appeals against a refusal of permission to take part in local or national political activity. In each case, the Department's decision was upheld. One appeal, from a member of the restricted category, was heard in 1986 and the other two, both in the intermediate category, in 1987.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many staff within the Civil Service in each of the categories(a) politically restricted, (b) intermediate and (c) politically free as defined by the Civil Service pay and conditions of service code, are local authority councillors.