§ 103 and 104. Colonel Gomme-Duncanasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) if, for the convenience of hon. Members, he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's confidential report form, similar to those used in the fighting Services;
(2) what arrangements exist in his Department for the submission of confidential reports on personnel in a form 35W similar to the confidential reports required annually by the Royal Navy and the Army.
§ Mr. TurtonThe heads of Foreign Service missions abroad and of departments in the Foreign Office report regularly on their staffs on printed forms which vary for each branch of the Service. I have arranged for copies of these forms to be placed in the Library. A report on each member of the senior branch of the Service is sent in at least every two years. For new entrants to the branch reports are submitted every six months during the period of probation. Reports on all other branches are sent in at least once a year.