Fast stream vacancies, recommendations for appointment and appointments, 1998–2024

A line chart from the Institute for Government showing fast stream vacancies, recommendations for appointment and appointments, 1998-2024, where recommendations for appointment increased substantially between 2011 and 2018 and have declined slightly since.
Source: Institute for Government analysis of Cabinet Office, Civil Service Fast Stream Annual Reports, 2016–18 and Cabinet Office, 'Civil Service Fast Stream Recruitment Data', 2019–24.Notes: All pre-2019 figures exclude internal civil service applicants, for which data was reported separately. Appointments data has not been published for fast stream cohorts since 2018.Get the dataEmbed Download image
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