§ Ms ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of his staff at G5 and above were educated at(a) independent schools, (b) the university of Oxford or the university of Cambridge and (c) independent schools and the universities of Oxford or Cambridge. [7981]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordNo central record is kept of the status or type of school attended by members of the senior civil service in this Department. Thirty five-of-22 per cent. senior civil service officers attended the university of Oxford and 45–28 per cent.—attended the university of Cambridge. Therefore, 80–50 per cent.—attended the universities of Oxford or Cambridge.