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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

David Burnside: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what relative weighting is given by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development's promotion boards for scientific officer positions to applicants who have previous scientific experience. [190383] Mr. Pearson: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave on 13 October 2004, Official Report, column 314W, for details of the last promotion board for scientific officer positions. The key selection criteria against which candidates were assessed for promotion by the board, the weightings and pass marks as determined by the panel members were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Key criteria Weighting Pass mark Services 20 -- Resources 20 -- People 30 15 Information/Communication 30 15 Professional/Specialist/Technical Knowledge 50 30 and Skills _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Any candidate failing to reach the minimum standard of 30 marks at interview for the Professional/Specialist/ Technical Knowledge and Skills criterion was deemed unsuitable for promotion regardless of how well they performed against the remaining criteria.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

190383; 425 c386-7W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Career development Recruitment Northern Ireland Executive Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Scientists

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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