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Departmental Recruitment

Volume 488: debated on Tuesday 3 March 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many people his Department (a) sought for and (b) recruited into its general faststream in 2008; and how many of those recruited into its general faststream were undertaking first degree courses at university when they successfully applied to his Department. (259344)

In 2008, the Department for International Development (DFID) bid for no fast streamers, but recruited six new entrants. Of the six new entrants, none were undertaking first degree courses when they successfully applied to the Department.