HC Deb 29 January 2002 vol 379 cc155-6W
Mr. Crausby

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will publish summary information on DTI recruitment for the 15 months from 1 January 2000

Gender Ethnic background
Range Permanent FTA Stand by Other Male Female White Ethnic minority Not stated Disability
11 11 9 — — 16 4 7 2 11 —
10 18 17 1 — 24 12 10 3 22 1
9 12 2 — 1 11 4 2 0 13 —
8 21 1 — — 11 11 7 1 14 1
7 14 2 — — 15 1 6 1 9 —
6 8 2 — — 6 4 7 1 2 —
5 47 2 — 5 29 25 16 7 31 2
4 15 6 — 11 13 19 11 5 16 —
3 9 10 — 23 24 18 8 1 33 —
2 13 8 — 11 17 15 8 2 21 1
1 30 — — 1 17 14 5 7 19 3
Faststream 23 — — — 9 14 13 1 9 —
Total 221 59 1 52 192 141 100 31 200 8

The number of occasions on which the permitted exceptions to fair and open competition and selection on merit have been used at each level (except for appointments of up to 12 months) are categorised as follows. Details of the exceptions are underneath the relevant category.

  1. (a) Extensions of appointments of up to 12 months up to a maximum of 24 months: None
  2. (b) Recurrent short-term appointments: None
  3. (c) Re-appointment of former civil servants:
    • 5 Range 11s
    • 1 Range 8s
    • 1 Range 4s
    • 2 Range 3s
    • 3 Range 2s
  4. (d) Extensions of short-term appointments beyond the initial publicised period, including conversion to permanency: 1 Range 10
  5. (e) Appointments under government programmes to assist the long term unemployed: 18 candidates under the New Deal Scheme
  6. (f) Secondments:
    • 1 Range 11
    • 5 Range 10s
    • 4 Range 9s
    • 2 Range 8s
  7. (g) Transfer of staff with their work (not under TUPE):
    • 1 Range 11

to 31 March 2001 and the use of permitted exceptions to the principles of fair competition and selection on merit. [31933]

Ms Hewitt

It is DTI policy that recruitment is carried out on the basis of fair and open competition and selection on merit, subject to the exceptions permitted by the Civil Service Commissioners. My Department has systems in place, which ensure that the principles of fair and open competition are understood and followed in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service Commissioners' recruitment code. These systems are subject to internal check and to external check by the Commissioners' approved auditors.

The following table and narratives describe DTI recruitment other than to the senior civil service, the DTI's executive agencies and the Government office network for which there are separate arrangements for publishing recruitment data.

  • 3 Range 10s
  • 1 Range 10 fixed term appointment
  • 4 Range 5 s
  • 4 Range 7s
  • 4 Range 9s
  • 2 Range 9s fixed term appointment
  • 7 Range 1s
  1. (h) Transfer of staff from other public services without work (unless from a public body staffed exclusively by civil servants): None
  2. (i) Appointments of surplus acceptable candidates to shortage posts: None
  3. (j) Disabled candidates appointed under modified selection arrangements: None
  4. (k) Any use of the exceptions reserved for the Commissioners (i.e. appointments on the basis of the proven distinction of the individual and appointments not in order of merit): None.