§ Mr. DismoreTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will publish summary information on DTI recruitment for calendar year 1996, and the use of permitted exceptions to the principles of fair and open competition and selection on merit, as required by the civil service commissioners' recruitment code. [13302]
§ Mr. Ian McCartneyIt is DTI policy that recruitment is carried out on the basis of fair and open competition and selection on merit, subject to the exceptions permitted by the Civil Service Commissioners. My Department has systems in place which ensure that the principles of fair and open competition are understood and followed, in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Code. These systems are subject to internal check by The DTI's Internal Audit.
The DTI's Executive Agencies and the Government Office network make separate arrangements for publishing recruitment data, and the following table and narratives describe only Headquarters recruitment.
785WThe number of occasions on which the permitted exceptions to fair and open competition and selection on merit have been used at each level (except for appointments of up to 12 months) are categorised as follows:
extensions of appointments of up to 12 months up to a maximum of 24 months:two Administrative Assistants where permanent post holders were on temporary promotion into the next grade which was subject to advertisingone Administrative Officer where the future of the post was subject to reviewrecurrent short term appointments:—noneshort term appointments where highly specialised skills are required:—noneextensions of short term appointments beyond the initially publicised period, including conversions to permanency:one Assistant Statistician appointment extended to 18 months where a replacement with statistical experience could not be identified
- secondments:—none
- extensions to secondments:—none
- re-appointment of former civil servants:
- one at Grade 6
- six at Grade 7
- four at Executive Officer
- two at Administrative Officer
- two at Investigations Officer
transfers of staff with their work (not under TUPE):—nonetransfers of staff from other public services without work (unless from a public body staffed exclusively by civil servants):—noneappointments of surplus acceptable candidates to shortage posts:—noneappointments of disabled candidates under modified selection arrangementsany use of the exceptions reserved for the Commissioners:—none.