HC Deb 20 March 2002 vol 382 c382W
Mr. Davidson

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of recruits to his Department came from Oxford and Cambridge in(a) the last year for which figures are available and (b) for the 10 preceding years. [43857]

Mr. Bradshaw

The last published figures for 2000 are in the 2001 Departmental report. The table shows the percentage recruited from Oxbridge for 2000–1990.

Policy Operational
2000 57 4
1999 44 4
1998 65 7
1997 48 6
1996 72 12
1995 57 1
1994 71 1
1993 71 1
1992 79 1
1991 52 1
1990 67 1
1 Not collected pre-1996