The annual competition for serving civil servants wishing to join the Fast Stream once again proved a valuable source of talent. Of those shortlisted by their departments to attend the Fast Stream Assessment Centre in 2007, 52.5 per cent were successful, compared with 48.5 per cent in 2006. Of the successful candidates, 59.4 per cent were women, 14.1 per cent were from an ethnic minority and 17.2 per cent declared a disability.
The In-Service competition includes an option for Government Social Research staff, and a scheme for those wishing to qualify as finance professionals.