HC Deb 29 January 1998 vol 305 c364W
Mr. Rhodri Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of Civil Service staff of grade 5 and above within her Department(a) have spent their entire civil service career within her 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. [26038]

Clare Short

Of the 52 Senior Civil Service staff currently employed by DFID:

  1. (a) Approximately 10 per cent. have spent their entire civil service career within the Department;
  2. (b)
    1. (i) approximately 8 per cent. have had secondments to the private sector;
    2. (ii) over 70 per cent. to other Government Departments or institutions;
    and
  3. (c) over 30 per cent. joined DFID from other Departments.