§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to his answer of 20 April,Official Report, columns 577–80, how many of the Crown servants applying to become consultants were (a) to join existing consultants firms and (b) to become independent consultants; and what were the civil service grades involved.
§ Mr. WaldegraveAll applications were for permission to accept independent consultancy commissions. Applications to undertake consultancy work on behalf of an existing firm are not separately identified in central statistics and could be isolated only at disproportionate cost. The statistics cover civil service grades from grade 1 to higher executive officer, together with equivalent diplomatic service grades and armed forces ranks.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to his answer of 20 April,Official Report, columns 577–80, what were the civil service grades involved of those Crown servants applying through the business appointments system.
§ Mr. WaldegraveAll grades from grade 1 to executive officer in the civil service and their diplomatic service equivalents. In addition, the statistics included members of ranks in the Royal Navy from admiral to lieutenant commander, in the Army from field marshal to major, and in the Royal Air Force from marshal of the Royal Air Force to flight lieutenant. The numbers of applications by each grade or rank could be obtained only at disproportionate expense.