§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment 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.
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§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 3 May 1994]: Two applications were referred to the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. Both were granted. The remaining information has not been recorded centrally, so it is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. It will be recorded centrally in future.