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4. Under the then newly proposed PV (S) criteria it was expected that there would be at most 460,000 posts (and probably a good deal less) subject to PV (S) compared with the estimated number of 694,000.
5. In 1987 there were 15,000 EPV posts and 51,000 PV posts in the vetting system. These are broken down as follows:
EPV
Armed Services
3,000
MOD HQ and RE's
500
FCO
60
Police (Eng/Wales)
UKAEA
Others
11,200
PV
16,000
13,000
7,000
2,400
9,600
2,900
Unfortunately there is no breakdown of posts in or outside the vetting system by grade or group of grades.
I am sorry that this information may not be very helpful for your purposes, but it is the best and most accurate we have available.
6.
Yours sincerely
Budren Brendler
ANDREW BREWSTER Security Division
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