§ Dr. Brayasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will review the present arrangements for management training in Government Departments.
§ Mr. MacDermotI have decided to appoint a Working Party to review current trends in management training in the Civil Service and to consider the lines on which future development should take place.
The terms of reference of the Working Party are:
To consider the training needs for middle and higher management in the Civil Service and to submit recommendations on the length, content and organisation of such training, taking account of the long-term future of the Centre for Administrative Studies and the desirability or otherwise of setting up a Civil Service Staff College.The composition of the 'Working Party is as follows:
- Mr. S. P. Osmond (Chairman)—H.M. Treasury
- Professor Jean Blondel—Professor of Government, University of Essex.
- Professor D. C. Hague—Professor of Applied Economics, University of Manchester.
- Mr. R. Haynes—Ministry of Defence (Air).
- Mr. Richard Hayward—Secretary General, Civil Service National Whitley Council (Staff Side).
- Mr. C. D. E. Keeling—Director of Training and Education, H.M. Treasury.
- Mr. R. B. M. King, M.C.—First Division Association.
- Mr. William McCall—General Secretary, Institution of Professional Civil Servants.
- Mr. J. Parsons—Director of Personnel, Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds Ltd.
- Professor E. A. G. Robinson, C.M.G., O.B.E. —Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge.
- Mr. C. H. Sisson—Ministry of Labour.
- Mr. Leslie Williams—General Secretary, Society of Civil Servants.
- Mr. G. P. Hampshire, C.M.G.—Diplomatic Service, Administration Office.
- Mr. I. G. Gilbert (Secretary)—H.M. Treasury.