§ Mr. Stokesasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the names 30W of the companies and organisations which are used for comparison of pay purposes by the Pay Research Unit.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe independent Pay Research Unit obtains information on a confidential basis from organisations throughout the public and private sectors. Their surveys cover a very wide range of major employers in the private sector as well as the cross-section of public sector organisations. To preserve the confidential basis upon which firms agree to participate in the surveys the unit does not disclose the source of its information in particular surveys.
§ Mr. Stokesasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the names of members of the Pay Research Unit, with their qualifications.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe Civil Service Pay Research Unit is an independent body staffed by civil servants on secondment who are selected on the basis of their ability, personal qualities and experience, by a highly selective all-service-wide process. The names of senior members of the unit are published in the Civil Service Year Book, but it is not the general practice of the Government to publish the names of civil servants at the supporting levels.