HC Deb 28 January 1998 vol 305 cc278-9W
Mr. Rhodri Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of Civil Service staff of grade 5 and above within his Department(a) have spent their entire civil service career within his Department, (b) have had secondments to (i) the private sector and (ii) other departments and (c) have come from other departments. [26029]

Mr. Straw

There are 135 members of the Senior Civil Service (SCS) currently in post within my Department and its agencies. This includes eight SCS members who are currently on loan to the Home Office from other Departments.

Of the 127 SCS members with a Home Office background:

  1. (a) 79 (62 per cent.)1 have spent their entire career within the Home Office, including the agencies. (Of these, 34 (27 per cent.)1 have spent their entire career within the Department, excluding the agencies);
  2. (b) 48 (38 per cent.)1 have, whilst in the senior grades, spent time away from the Department either on secondment to the private sector or on loan to other Departments.
  3. Currently there is:
  4. (i) one member of the SCS on secondment to the private sector; and
  5. (ii) 22 (17 per cent.)' on loan to other Departments.
  6. (c) 8 SCS members are currently on loan to the Home Office from other Departments.
  7. 1 Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number.