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Civil Servants

Volume 407: debated on Thursday 19 June 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many new entrants to the Civil Service were employed in his Department in each of the last five years; and how many in each year were aged 50 or over. [119827]

The number of new entrants aged 50 or over, employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, are listed in the table.

New entrantsOver 50
1998–992047
1999–200023711
2000–0127510
2001–0240922
2002–0339721