§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the names of his specialist advisers on domestic services management, their length of service, and their qualifications for their jobs.
§ Mr. MoyleThe Chief Officer of the Domestic Service Management Branch of my Department is Mr. I. W. Little, MBE FHCIMA. He has served the Department for over 10 years. He is assisted by 10 permanent staff who, like him, were recruited through open competition by the Civil Service Commission. All have the appropriate advertised qualifications and experience, and their periods of service vary from two to 13 years.
§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many times in the last three years area health authorities engaged the services of his specialist advisers in domestic services management; what were the names of 550W the authorities; and what recommendations of his advisers have been accepted or rejected, respectively.
§ Mr. MoyleThe information asked for is not available in the form requested. Health authorities seek advice from my specialist advisers in domestic services management in a number of ways, and I have no reason to believe that their advice is not generally accepted.
§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the administrative costs saved through district domestic service managers not being employed in the 91 health service districts which have not done so.
§ Mr. MoyleThe pay scales for the three grades of district domestic services manager range from £4.959 per annum to £7,148 per annum. Precise estimates are not possible, but a theoretical saving of some £½ million would be achieved if existing vacancies were not filled. Against this must, however, be set the cost of paying allowances to other staff carrying out some of the duties appropriate to the unfilled posts, and the savings through increased efficiency which duly appointed managers would be expected to achieve.