§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many civil servants in his Department applied in each year since 1986, through the business appointments system to take up an outside appointment(a) as an independent consultant, (b) with a firm of consultants and (c) in other employment; how many were referred to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments; and how many were granted.
Mr. John M. TaylorFor staff below grade 5 the Department has received one application through the business appointments system. The application was made in 1994 under(c) other employment, and was not referred to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. Information on staff at grade 5 and above could not be collected in the time available.