§ Mr. JannerTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many jobs have been advertised in each grade in his Department during the last three months for which records are available; and how many people have applied for each such job. [13827]
Mr. John M. TaylorThe Department has operated an internal advertising scheme for vacancies in all grades from administrative assistant to grade 7, and equivalents,230W since April 1994. In the three months November 1995 to January 1996 inclusive, 239 posts were advertised. This figure is broken down by grade in the table below.
Grade Post advertised (November 1995-January 1996) Secretarial Group 13 Administrative Group 86 Executive Officer 62 Higher Executive Officer level 39 Senior Executive Officer level 9 Grade 7 30 Total 239 Information on the number of applicants for these specific posts is not yet available, but historical data suggest mat, on average, there are three applicants for each post advertised.