HC Deb 20 April 1994 vol 241 cc579-81W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many Crown servants in each Government Department applied through the business appointments

Number of applications
Consultant Other
Year Number of applicants Total Referred to committee Uncon Con Total Referred to committtee Uncon Con
Ministry of Defence
1986 140 50 13 36 14 115 25 74 41
1987 131 41 18 26 15 117 24 71 46
1988 89 37 13 19 18 74 27 31 43
1989 94 31 18 18 13 90 19 31 59
1990 92 50 9 30 20 84 21 59 25
1991 101 35 3 26 9 110 6 96 14
1992 121 63 5 49 14 137 4 110 27
1993 109 72 2 46 26 118 11 80 38
19941 17 6 1 5 1 16 2 12 4
Department of Environment and Transport
1986 25 0 0 0 0 27 2 19 8
1987 18 0 0 0 0 23 1 8 15
1988 29 0 0 0 0 31 0 20 11
1989 20 0 0 0 0 26 1 14 12
1990 34 2 0 2 0 34 3 24 10
1991 28 9 1 8 1 20 2 10 10
1992 26 15 2 14 1 15 0 8 7
1993 16 9 0 8 1 9 2 6 3
19941 5 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0
Department of Trade and Industry
1986 34 10 1 7 3 26 2 17 9
1987 24 3 0 2 1 21 5 14 7
1988 8 2 1 1 1 10 2 3 7
1989 10 4 1 3 1 9 4 5 4
1990 22 5 0 3 2 18 1 15 3
1991 13 5 0 4 1 13 2 4 9
1992 19 11 1 9 2 19 1 2 17
1993 24 11 0 8 3 14 1 12 2
1994 10 6 0 5 1 4 0 2 2
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
1986 20 5 3 4 1 23 10 15 8
1987 12 2 1 2 0 16 9 10 6
1988 27 6 0 6 0 27 9 17 10
1989 21 5 2 5 0 18 6 12 6
1990 13 3 2 3 0 16 9 8 8
1991 20 11 3 9 2 24 9 9 15
1992 13 8 4 6 2 16 14 6 10
1993 18 6 2 3 3 16 5 13 3
19941 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
Departments fo Health and Social Security
1986 16 5 1 5 0 37 0 10 27
1987 5 1 0 1 0 4 0 3 1
1988 32 10 1 8 2 23 0 20 3
1989 10 0 0 0 0 10 0 10 0
1990 7 3 0 3 0 7 1 2 5
1991 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0

system to take up an outside appointment (a) as a consultant and (b) otherwise; how many were referred to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments; and how many were granted in each year since 1986.

Mr. Waldegrave

The information is not all available in the form requested. Most applications are considered only by Departments. Details of those cases are not held centrally. The following tables give the total number of Crown servants in each year who made an application that was approved in consultation with the Cabinet Office. Figures are broken down by numerically significant departments. They show the numbers of applications to undertake independent consultancy and other work and, in each category, how many applications were referred to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. They also show how many applications were approved unconditionally, or were approved with conditions.

Number of applications
Consultant Other
Year Number of applicants Total Referred to committee Uncon Con Total Referred to committtee Uncon Con
1992 3 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 0
1993 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
19941 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
1986 6 1 0 1 0 5 0 3 2
1987 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 1
1988 6 1 1 1 0 6 4 4 2
1989 9 3 0 3 0 9 1 4 5
1990 6 2 0 2 0 7 0 4 3
1991 13 1 0 1 0 12 0 6 6
1992 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 4 2
1993 5 3 0 0 3 2 0 0 2
19941 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Inland Revenue
1986 3 1 1 0 1 2 1 1 1
1987 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1988 4 1 1 0 1 3 0 3 0
1989 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0
1990 11 0 0 0 0 11 0 9 2
1991 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0
1992 7 3 0 3 0 4 0 2 0
1993 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0
19941 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Others
1986 12 15 0 13 2 26 5 20 6
1987 10 20 2 15 5 32 3 30 2
1988 11 9 1 7 2 20 4 10 10
1989 29 11 1 9 2 20 4 10 8
1990 20 9 2 6 3 11 3 7 4
1991 22 17 3 15 2 25 4 20 5
1992 28 18 0 15 3 15 5 15 0
1993 20 10 1 7 3 15 5 15 0
19941 11 6 0 5 1 5 2 5 0
1 to 31 March 1994.

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