§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Attorney-General if he will estimate for each of the last five years, the number and percentage of new civil servants in his Department who attended Oxford or Cambridge University, broken down into the number of entrants joining the Department from(a) the regular Civil Service entrance procedure, (b) the fast stream and (c) the private sector. [33097]
The Attorney-GeneralThe full information requested is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, in the case of lawyers in my office, the Treasury Solicitor's Department and the Serious Fraud Office who have in the last 5 years joined the Government Legal Service, I am advised that in 40 cases (32%) Oxford or Cambridge Universities have been attended and that in 85 cases another university or polytechnic has been attended.
For the same reason it is not possible to provide the further figures requested but I am advised that the great majority of new recruits come from outside the Civil Service and are selected through regular Civil Service procedures.
§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Attorney-General if he will estimate the number of civil servants in his Department, at each grade, who received their schooling in the independent school sector. [33096]
The Attorney-GeneralFigures in relation to my Departments are not readily available and the information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. JenkinsTo ask the Attorney-General if he will estimate the number and percentage of civil servants in his Department, at each grade including and above higher 19W executive officer who (a) attended university and (b) attended either Oxford or Cambridge University. [33095]
The Attorney-GeneralThe information provided below relates only to lawyers in my own office, the Treasury Solicitor's Department and the Serious Fraud Office. I am advised that there are 237 such lawyers and that the information held in respect of them shows that between them they have completed 280 courses at various universities and polytechnics; some having attended more than one institution. In 89 cases (32%) the institution attended was Oxford or Cambridge University.
Figures in relation to other staff (at HEO level and above) and figures in relation to the Crown Prosecution Service could be provided only at disproportionate cost.