Select Committee on Northern Ireland Affairs Minutes of Evidence

Annex

Competition	Suitably     Qualified Candidates     (SQC)				Appointed SQC				Unsuccessful SQC
	Reason for Rejection
	CB1	CB2	Total	CB1	CB2	Total	CB1	CB2	Total	Rejected because of 50:50	Rejected REGARDLESS of 50:50
ONE	420	172	592	152	153	305	268	19	287	65	222
TWO	336	108	444	98	98	196	238	10	248	49	199
THREE	301	94	395	83	83	166	218	11	229	41	188
FOUR	608	214	822	201	201	402	407	13	420	98	322
FIVE*	760	281	1,041	150	150	300	610	131	741	87	654
SIX*	656	211	867	150	150	300	506	61	567	74	493
SEVEN*	578	180	758	133	133	266	445	47	492	78	414
EIGHT*	807	308	1,115	110	110	220	697	198	895	49	846
TOTAL	4,466	1,568	6,034	1,077	1,078	2,155	3,389	490	3,879	541	3,338

(*Competitions Five through to Eight are ongoing and these figures reflect the projected numbers that will be appointed.)

CB1 = Non-Catholic Community Background.

CB2 = Catholic Community Background.

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Prepared 8 December 2005