§ Mr. Rhodri MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 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 or its predecessor Departments, (b) have had secondments to (i) the private sector and (ii) other Departments and (c) have come from other Departments. [26024]
§ Angela Eagle[holding answer 28 January 1998]: There are currently 264 staff in the Senior Civil Service (grade 5 and above) in the DETR and its Agencies. Of these, fewer than 10 per cent. have spent their entire careers in the Departments or its predecessors. Some 63 per cent. have had experience outside the civil service either before they joined the Department or as a secondment. In addition, some 70 per cent of the staff in the senior civil service have had loans to, or have worked in, other Government Departments. There are currently two senior civil servants on loan to DETR from other Government Departments.