Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of vacancies in the Senior Civil Service were filled through after completion; and if he will make a statement. [99097]
§ Mr. AlexanderThe 2001/2 Annual Report of the Civil Service Commissioners states that 200 candidates were approved for appointment to the Senior Civil Service (SCS) that year following Open Competition. This represents 56% of all SCS entrants in 2001/2.
Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Senior Civil Servants have spent time working in(a) local government, (b) the health service, (c) the voluntary sector and (d) the private sector (i) before they joined the Senior Civil Service and (ii) through exchange programmes; and if he will make a statement. [99098]
§ Mr. AlexanderFrom information held centrally on the experience of senior civil servants as at 1st April 2002:
(i) Prior to the Civil Service:
Experienced in Private Sector: 673 known out of 3507
Experienced in Voluntary Sector: 67 known out of 3507
Experienced in Public Sector: 392 known out of 3507
235W(information on local government experience and experience in the Health Service is not collected separately)
(ii) No experience prior to the Civil Service, but through exchange programmes:
Experienced in Private Sector: 67 known out of 3507
Experienced in Voluntary Sector: 7 known out of 3507
Experienced in Public Sector: 63 known out of 3507.