§ Mr. John Garrettasked the Minister for the Civil Service what improvements in staff inspection have been devised and promulgated by his department since May 1979, referred to in Cmnd. 8170, February 1981, paragraph 14c.
§ Mr. HayhoeFollowing a thorough review of staff inspection in late 1979 and early 1980, measures for strengthening it were promulgated by CSD in August 1980. These include close involvement of senior management in the planning of the staff inspection programme, in providing support to the inspectors and in monitoring their performance; improving the rate and speed of implementing recommendations in staff inspection reports; greater attention by inspectorates to examining the necessity for work to be done and to drawing attention to the scope for wider functional or organisational studies; closer liasion between and management of staff inspection and other instruments for improving efficiency, especially management services units. Through its staff inspection and evaluation division, the CSD is assisting Departments to strengthen staff inspection in these and other ways. The need for further measures will be kept closely under review in the light of progress.