asked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the total number of men and women recruited to all grades of the Civil Service during the last year for which figures are available; and what were the total costs associated with this recruitment and the average recruitment cost per recruit.

In the year ending 31st March 1975 the provisional figure of staff recruited to the Civil Service was 68,000 of whom 12,750 were recruited centrally by the Civil Service Commission and the remainder by the employing Departments. The direct costs of the Commission in that year were £2·891 million and a crude average cost per recruit through the Commission would therefore be of the order of £200. It is not possible to supply a cost per recruit for those recruited by Departments.

asked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the total non-military recruitment advertising expenditure of the Civil Service during the latest year for which figures are available.

The total sum spent by the Civil Service Commission on recruitment advertising in the financial year 1974–75 was £901,404. Information about expenditure by individual Government Departments on advertising for staff recruited directly by them is not available.