§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many new entrants to the civil service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 years and over. [36489]
§ Mr. Bradshaw[holding answer 25 February. 2002]:I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Secretary at the Cabinet Office on 25 February 2002, Official Report,column 879W. More detailed information on the civil service is published annually in "Civil Service Statistics", copies of which are laid in the Libraries of both Houses.