§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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) in a firm 475W of consultants and (c) in other employment; how many were referred to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments; and how many were granted.
§ Sir John WheelerCivil servants applied to take up outside appointments in the followng years:
Year Independent consultant Firm of consultants Other employment 1986 1 — — 1988 — 1 1 1989 — 1 1 1991 1 — 2 1992 1 — 1 1993 — — 1 Three of the above applications were referred to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. All of the above applications were granted.