HC Deb 09 March 1998 vol 308 cc83-6W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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. [33085]

Mr. Dewar

This information is not available from the computerised personnel records.

Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number of civil servants in his Department, at each grade, who received their schooling in the independent school sector. [33084]

Mr. Dewar

This information is not available.

Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the number and percentage of civil servants in his Department, at each grade including and above higher executive officer who(a) attended university and (b) attended either Oxford or Cambridge University. [33083]

Mr. Dewar

The main computerised personnel system records details of qualifications gained rather than establishment attended. Coverage of academic qualifications is not currently comprehensive, and so

Percentage of share of pre-school education vouchers redeemed by sector in each local authority area in Scotland for 1997–98 (see note 1)
Percentage
Local Authority Share of redemption publicly funded sector See note 2 Share of redemption private sector See note 3 and 4 Share of redemption voluntary sector See note 4
City of Aberdeen 81 17 2
Aberdeenshire 69 15 16
Angus 90 8 2
Argyll and Bute 53 20 27
City of Dundee 85 14 1
City of Edinburgh 79 19 2
City of Glasgow 84 13 3
Clackmannanshire 90 8 2
Dumfries and Galloway 94 3 3
East Ayrshire 85 8 7
East Dunbartonshire 54 32 14
East Lothian 95 4 1
East Renfrewshire 69 14 17
Falkirk 97 3 1
Fife 97 3 0
Highland 74 11 15
Inverclyde 74 12 14
Midlothian 95 4 1
Moray 69 12 19
North Ayrshire 61 25 14
North Lanarkshire 75 20 5
Orkney Islands 81 12 7
Perth and Kinross 79 18 3
Renfrewshire 80 12 8
Scottish Borders 84 9 7
Shetlands 78 0 22
South Ayrshire 82 13 5
South Lanarkshire 57 30 13
Stirling 88 10 2
West Dunbartonshire 95 5 0
West Lothian 97 3 0
Western Isles 12 25 63
Scotland Wide Average 80 14 6

Notes:

1. Information shown as a percentage share of redemption as some children access more than one centre and sector.

2. Includes LA nursery schools and classes, LA day nurseries, grant aided special schools and self governing schools.

3. Includes private nurseries, independent schools and childminders.

4. Individual centres identified themselves as belonging to this sector.

reliable information is not available. An exercise to verify the information held on this system and to collect incomplete details is scheduled for later in the year.

The Scottish Prison Service and Historic Scotland maintain their own personnel records. The information sought is not currently available from these systems.

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