§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many posts for staff within the European Parliament have been advertised within the United Kingdom since the start of 1995; and if he will list in each case the amounts(a) spent on advertising these posts and (b) spent in filling the vacancies involved. [6355]
§ Mr. FreemanThe European Parliament is responsible for advertising its own vacancies and it would be for it to provide details relating to its recruitment costs. The European staffing unit of the Office of Public Service monitors the press and theOfficial Journal of the European Communities for vacancies in the European institutions as part of the vacancy information service operated for potential British candidates. Since the beginning of 1995, it has noted nine separate competitions in which the European Parliament was either wholly or partially involved. Some of these competitions were for an unspecified number of vacancies so it is not possible to give the number of posts involved.