§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants in his Departments 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 referrred to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments; and how many were granted.
§ Mr. Nelson[holding answer 3 May 1994]: The following table gives information from 1987 on applications from civil servants in my Department through the business appointments system to take up outside 507W appointments. Information prior to that date could be obtained only at disproportionate cost as it would involve sifting through individual files. The table also shows which
(a) Independent consultant (b) Firm of consultants (c) Other employment Referred to advisory/committee Total granted 1987 0 0 4 0 4 1988 1 2 4 0 7 1989 0 6 9 1 15 1990 0 6 12 0 18 1991 1 1 5 1 7 1992 0 1 2 0 3 1993 0 0 4 1 4