§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the salary costs have been to each Government Department of employing staff from employment agencies to undertake work as(a) administrative assistant or equivalent, (b) administrative officer or equivalent, (c) administrative executive officer, (d) higher executive officer and (e) senior executive officer located in (i) London and (ii) the south-east in each year since 1995. [52095]
§ Mr. LeslieDetails of salary costs incurred as a result of employing staff from employment agencies are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the starting salary is for a civil servant employed at each level for each Government Department. [52094]
§ Mr. LeslieResponsibility for pay, outside the senior civil service, is delegated to Departments and agencies. Starting salaries are therefore a matter for the Department or agency concerned and will depend on the job to be done and the skills and experience of the individual.
754WInformation on civil service pay, broken down by salary and responsibility level, is published in the "Civil Service Statistics 2000" and is based on 1 April 2000 data. Copies of the publication can be found in the Library of the House.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Deputy Prime Minister if his Department is running a recruitment campaign to encourage graduates to join the civil service. [53261]
§ Mr. LeslieThe Cabinet Office is responsible for fast stream recruitment which is aimed at graduates who have the potential to reach the senior levels of the civil service. The current recruitment campaign includes elements aimed both specifically at the fast stream, and also at encouraging interest in civil service careers more generally, for example
Production and distribution of fast stream information packs to all university career services in the UKAttendance at career fairs, including diversity fairs, at universities around the country (programme to date has been placed in the Library)Advertising in The Guardian (Society and Rise sections)Advertisement in Disability NowAdvertisement monthly in Ready Willing and Able (disability publication)An entry on the following internet sites:
- www.skills.org.uk
- www.gradunet.co.uk
- www.blackbritain.co.uk
- www.prospects.ac.uk
Advertisement in Prospects Directory (annual, guide to employers)A programme of careers presentations in universities by current fast streamersPublicising and administering the summer development programme to select 60 ethnic minority undergraduates for a six to eight weeks development programme with the civil serviceTwo publications, "Work Experience in the Civil Service" and "Sandwich Course Placements", lodged with university career services and available on the internet, promoting work experience in the civil serviceWork with the disability charity, Workable, to secure disabled undergraduates work experience in the civil service.We have a comprehensive recruitment website at www.civil-service.gov.uk and at www.faststream.gov.uk.
In addition to the fast stream, the Cabinet Office itself opens up a proportion of its junior and middle management posts (for which graduates may be eligible to apply) to external recruitment and plans to continue to do so in the coming year.