Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment

(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) what proportion of and (b) how many appointments to the senior Civil Service were made (i) internally and (ii) externally in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Caroline Nokes Portrait
Caroline Nokes
This question was answered on 13th September 2017

The number of entrants into the Senior Civil Service since 2010 is as follows:

New Entrants to the SCS

Internal

External

% Internal

2010/11

161

102

61.2%

2011/12

270

105

72.0%

2012/13

344

210

62.1%

2013/14

469

180

72.3%

2014/15

456

187

70.9%

2015/16

562

171

76.7%

2016/17

549

177

75.6%

Reticulating Splines