9 November 2007
Recruitment in HM Treasury
Our recruitment procedures are in accordance with the Civil Service Commissioners' Recruitment Code, which is based on the principles of fair and open competition and selection on merit. There are systems in place to ensure compliance with the recruitment code, and the Treasury was visited by a Compliance Monitoring team, on behalf of the Civil Service Commissioners, during October 2007.
Treasury recruitment shown by category between April 2006 and March 2007 is as follows1:
| Range | Permanent appointment | Fixed-term appointment | Permanent transfer / reinstatement | Secondments in | Casual appointments (& exceptions) |
Total |
| A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 29 |
| C | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| D | 20 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 51 |
| E | 4 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| SCS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 44 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 33 | 136 |
The table below illustrates the number of occasions where permitted exceptions to fair and open competition and selection on merit have been used at each level by category (excluding appointments of up to 12 months):
| Exception Category | Range A | Range B | Range C | Range D | Range E | SCS |
| Extensions of appointments of up to 12 months to a maximum of 24 months (with reasons)2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Reappointment of former Civil Servants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Secondments | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 1 |
1 This table excludes the 118 staff who joined the Treasury on loan from other Government Departments.
2 Extensions beyond 12 months were authorised because the work was extended beyond the expected timescale.