Manpower and Personnel Office (Annual Report)

HC Deb 14 November 1983 vol 48 c356W

Mr. Tim Smith

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish an annual report of the work of the Manpower and Personnel Office.

Mr. Hayhoe

The Cabinet Office (management and personnel office) has no plans to publish annual reports on every aspect of its work. But it already publishes annual reports on the Civil Service Commission and the Civil Service college which cover two-thirds of the department's work. It is also its practice to report from time to time on matters which are likely to be of interest to Parliament and the public. For example, it published in May the MPO management documents which give a comprehensive description of work planned for 1983–84, and in recent months it has published reports on the review of personnel work in the Civil Service and of a study of the place of qualifications in administrative work.