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Civil Service Fast Stream Recruitment 2005

Published by the Cabinet Office, April 2006

• Introduction and Explanatory Notes
• Headline Figures
• Developments during the year
• The new Graduate Fast Stream selection process 2005
• Diversity

Headline Figures

• The number of applications rose to 12,957 from 8,598 in 2004¹.
• 504 candidates were recommended for appointment, compared with 467 in 2004: an increase of 8 per cent.
• In the Fast Stream as a whole, 94 per cent of vacancies were filled, compared with 85 per cent in 2004. All Graduate Fast Stream vacancies were filled.
• 43.7 per cent of successful candidates were women, an increase from 41.5 per cent in 2004.
• 7.1 per cent of successful candidates were from ethnic minorities, up from 5.4 per cent in 2004.
• The proportion of candidates recording a disability and recommended for appointment decreased from 7.3 per cent in 2004 to 6.7 per cent in 2005.
• Successful candidates graduated from over 50 universities.
• In the In–Service competition, the proportion of successful candidates increased to 49.5 per cent, up from 46.5 per cent in 2004.

Footnotes

¹ The Graduate Fast Stream selection process changed in 2005, and the figure provided is the closest possible equivalent to that of previous years. An application is deemed to have been submitted if a candidate has completed the self–assessment and proceeds to take the online tests. See explanation of the process.