§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what guidelines are operated by his Department as regards the use of executive search agencies to fill vacancies within his Department and his Department's executive agencies; and in what circumstances his Department employs executive search agencies instead of relying fully on Departmental resources to fill vacant posts.
§ Mr. Ian Taylor[holding answer 26 January 1995]: My Department considers using executive search agencies when it is believed that this represents a cost-effective way of extending the field of candidates for key posts.