Home Office: Recruitment

HL Deb 17 December 1997 vol 584 cc99-100WA

Lord Peston

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What information on recruitment the Home Office is required to publish and whether they will make this information available for 1996.

Lord Williams of Mostyn

The Civil Service Order in Council 1995 authorises the Civil Service Commissioners to require departments and agencies to publish summary information about their recruitment and the use of permitted exceptions to the principles of fair and open competition and selection on merit.

The number of staff recruited to the central Home Office, including outstations, during 1996 is shown in the following tables. There were two permitted exceptions to fair and open competition and selection on merit in 1996, and this information was published in the Home Office Annual Report 1997.

Central Home Office (Including the Immigration and Nationality Department)
	Number of appoinments	Number of women appointed	Number appointed from ethnic minorities	Number of disabled staff appointed
Senior Civil Service 1	3	0	0	0
Non Industrial Grades	388	211	68	14
Industrial Grades	3	1	*	0
1All recruitment to the Senior Civil Service throughout the Home Office is carried out by the Central Personnel Management Unit.
*Below 5.

Prison Service1
	Number of appointments	Number of women appointed	Number appointed from ethnic minorities	Number of disabled staff appointed
Non Industrial Grades	2,246	915	94	7
Industrial Grades	191	38	*	1
1As the Prison Service is in the process of transferring over to a new computerised personnel system, there may be inaccuracies in the information provided.
* Below 5.

Passport Agency
	Number of appointments	Number of women appointed	Number appointed from ethnic minorities	Number of disabled staff appointed
Non Industrial Grades	297	209	15	0
Industrial Grades	0	0	0	0

Fire Service College
	Number of appointments	Number of women appointed	Number appointed from ethnic minorities	Number of disabled staff appointed
Non Industrial Grades	32	22	0	1
Industrial Grades	1	0	0	0
Forensic Science Service Recruitment
	Number of appointments	Number of women appointed	Number appointed from ethnic minorities	Number of disabled staff appointed
Non Industrial Grades	186	103	29	3
Industrial Grades	0	0	0	0