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Recruitment (Interviewing)

Volume 923: debated on Monday 20 December 1976

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asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make arrangements for interviews for vacancies arising at Civil Service establishments outside London to be held at those establishments to save the cost of expensive journeys by local staff to London for interview.

Under Civil Service recruiting arrangements, people competing for vacancies outside London are brought to London for interview only when this is considered to be the most economical course having regard to the type of vacancies to be filled, the number and location of candidates to be interviewed and the costs involved in setting up interview boards. Otherwise interviews are arranged either at or very near to the Government establishment concerned or at centres situated in a number of major provincial cities.