To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office from which employment sectors outside appointments to the senior civil service were recruited in the last two years. [116829]

Information is published annually by the Office of the Civil Service Commissioners. Their breakdown of appointments to the senior civil service through open competition is as follows:

	Number
2000–01
Civil service	77
Other public sector	98
Private sector	27
2001–02
Civil service	77
Other public sector	86
Private sector	37
2002–03
Civil service	42
Other public sector	47
Private sector	56
Voluntary sector	1

Since 16 July 2002 the commissioners have only collected information on open competitions for SCS top management posts as Departments were given authority to run their own open competitions for former grade 5 posts. Prior to this date they collected information on all SCS posts that were put out to open competition. For consistency this answer refers to the commissioners figures.