HC Deb 28 January 1998 vol 305 cc294-5W
Mr. Rhodri Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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. [26022]

Mr. Ron Davies

The information regarding staff in the Senior Civil Service grades within my Department is as follows:

  1. (a) proportion who have spent entire civil service in Welsh Office—49.3 per cent.
  2. (b) proportion who have had secondments:-
    1. (i) in private sector—7.5 per cent.
    2. (ii) in other Government Departments—2.9 per cent.
  3. (c) proportion who have come from other Government Departments—50.7 per cent.

64.2 per cent. of staff in Senior Civil Service grades have experience of work in other public sector organisations or the private sector prior to their joining the Civil Service.