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Mr. Burstow
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]
Mr. Rammell
The number of new entrants aged 50 or over, employed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, are listed in the table.
New entrants | Over 50 | |
1998–99 | 204 | 7 |
1999–2000 | 237 | 11 |
2000–01 | 275 | 10 |
2001–02 | 409 | 22 |
2002–03 | 397 | 21 |