§ Mr. John Garrettasked the Minister for the Civil Service if she will describe, in the Official Report, the activity of her Department referred to as constructing a management framework that prevents wasteful deployment in Cmnd. 8170, February 1981, paragraph 15.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe Civil Service needs not just the right number of staff but also the right kind of staff, equipped368W with suitable skills and experience, and organised in job and grading structures which allow them to be effectively deployed. Much of the personnel management in Departments is devoted to this end. It falls to the Civil Service Department to take the lead in constructing and revising the framework of rules, providing a measure of central management for certain groups, and giving guidance and assistance on personnel matters, as described in chapter 2 of the Introductory Factual Memorandum on the Civil Service, submitted to the Treasury and Civil. Services Committee in April 1980.