§ Mr. Englishasked the Prime Minister why, in view of her express statement on 12 November "that there will not be a Department known as the Civil Service Department", Official Report, column 659, she has not yet dissolved the Civil Service Department.
§ The Prime MinisterThe transfer of functions order* which implements the changes I announced on 12 November came into effect on 7 December. Since that date some of the former functions of the Minister for the Civil Service have been transferred to and are discharged by the Treasury. The others continue to be discharged by the Minister for the Civil Service, with the assistance of a distinct Department, denominated by a name—the Management and Personnel Office—which accurately reflects the range of functions for which the Minister is responsible.
* Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (No. 1670).