Memorandum from Sir David Normington KCB
During my Appearance at the Committee on 12
May, in response to questions from Paul Rowen, I undertook to
write to the Committee with more detailed information about the
proportions of external recruits to the Home Office since I moved
here in January 2006.[12]
When I moved to the Home Office I did take active
steps to strengthen the team through external recruits and, indeed,
in the 18 months to October 2007, 32% of the appointments at the
key Director roles were external appointments. Since then I have
tried to restore balance, developing some of the internal talent
from within the Home Office or recruiting from other parts of
the Civil Service. Over the whole period from 2006 to 2009 29%
of Directors and Director Generals have been externally recruited
and the proportion of current Home Office Senior Civil Servants
who were external recruits currently stands at 23%.
I have defined external recruits as recruits
to permanent and fixed term appointments. This definition excludes
contractors and consultants working in permanent posts and it
also excludes people with a background predominantly outside the
civil service and who joined another civil service department
before moving to the Home Office.
I hope this is helpful to the Committee.
June 2009
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