§ Mr. Channonasked the Minister of Public Building and Works what organisational methods studies are currently taking place in his Directorate General of Works to ensure maximum efficiency in administration and financial outlay.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe major reorganisation of the professional structure of the Ministry, which I announced on 12th April, is designed to promote greater integration and efficiency. The following are among the more detailed studies connected with the Directorate General of Works now being undertaken as part of a constant programme for increasing efficiency in the Ministry:
- (1) a study of reproduction and plan printing services, including the extended use of microfilming techniques;
- (2) experimental work on the preparation of bills of quantity by computer;
- (3) the application of computers to land surveying;
- (4) the control of the pre-contract stages of building projects by the use of critical path networks;
- (5) reviews of the organisation and staffing of the Ministry's overseas Regions in Gibraltar, Cyprus and Germany;
- (6) a study of the quantity surveying services throughout the Department;
- (7) a study of the practicability of making further use of serial tendering;
- (8) an examination of methods and procedures for placing contracts for works services;
- (9) a review of establishment work for professional and technical staff.
§ Mr. Channonasked the Minister of Public Building and Works what is the present number of senior professional and technical staff employed by the Directorate General of Works; what were the figures for 1966, 1965, and 1964; and how many of them are fully established.
§ Mr. PrenticeThe figures are:
October, 1964 October, 1965 October, 1966 March, 1967 167 167 157 161 The numbers represent all professional staff in the Directorate General of Works of Superintending Grade and above. None of them is temporary.