Outsiders and Insiders: External Appointments to the Senior Civil Service - Public Administration Committee Contents


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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