HC Deb 10 March 1998 vol 308 cc107-8W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [33077]

Mrs. Liddell

[holding answer 9 March 1998]: Information about the universities attended by staff in the Treasury could be retrieved only at disproportionate cost. The table shows, by Treasury pay range, the numbers and percentages of staff (excluding special advisers and casuals, but including those Treasury staff working outside the department) with degree level qualifications:

Pay range Number of staff Proportion of total (%)
A 4 6
B 15 7
C 29 19
D 118 42
E 164 74
Senior Civil Service 104 97

Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of civil servants in his Department, at each grade, who received their schooling in the independent school sector. [33078]

Mrs. Liddell

[holding answer 9 March 1998]: This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [33079]

Mrs. Liddell

[holding answer 9 March 1998]: The table shows the number of Civil Service recruits joining the Treasury in the period 1993–97. It excludes special advisers and casual appointments. The numbers recruited through the fast stream competition and through other fair and open competitions include people who previously worked in the private sector. There was no recruitment competition restricted to applicants from the private sector. Information about universities attended by Treasury staff cannot be retrieved without disproportionate cost.

Fast stream Other competitions
number percentage number percentage
1993 13 16 66 84
1994 25 30 57 70
1995 26 36 46 64
1996 21 38 35 62
1997 24 34 47 66