§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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. RedwoodThe following statistics are available:
Number of civil servants applying to take up outside appointments Year Independent consultants Consultancy firms Other 1990 — 2 2 1991 — 1 2 1992 — 1 1 1993 — 1 — 1993 (to April) — 1 — None of these were referred to the Advisory Committee.
Information covering the years 1986 to 1989 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.