§ Mr. PaiceTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement about the seminar which the Prime Minister held recently to discuss the Citizens charter.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe Prime Minister held a seminar on the citizens charter at No. 10 Downing street on Friday 19
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Agency chief executives Agency Chief executive Civil service grade equivalents Method of appointment Origin Accounts Services Agency Mike Hoddinott 5 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Agricultural Development Advisory Services Agency Dr. Julia Walsh 2 Open competition Direct entrant Building Research Establishment Roger Courtney 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant CADW (Welsh Historic Monuments) John Carr 5 Open competition Direct entrant Central Office of Information Michael Devereau 4 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Central Statistical Office Brian McLennan 1A Open competition Direct entrant Central Veterinary Laboratory Tony Little 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Central Science Laboratory Dr. Peter Stanley 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Chemical Biological Defence Establishment Dr. Graham Pearson, CB 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Civil Service College Marianne Neville-Rolfe 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Companies House David Durham 4 Open competition Direct entrant Compensation Agency (Northern Ireland) John Robinson 5 Open competition Direct entrant Defence Research Agency John Chisholm 2 Open competition Direct entrant Directorate General of Defence Accounts Michael Dymond 4 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency Stephen Curtis 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Driver and Vehicle Testing Agency (Northern Ireland) Brian Watson 5 Open competition Serving civil servant Driving Standards Agency Dr. Christopher Woodman 5 Internal appointment Serving civil servant Duke of York's Military School' Col. Christopher Horsfall — Armed forces appointment Armed forces DVOIT David Evans 5 Open competition Serving civil servant Employment Service Michael Fogden 3 + Internal appointment Serving civil servant Fire Service College Brian Fuller Commandant Open competition Direct entrant Forensic Science Service Dr. Janet Thompson 4 Open competition Serving civil servant Historic Royal Palaces David Beeton 3 Open competition Direct entrant Historic Scotland Graeme Munro 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant HMSO Dr. Paul Freeman, CB 2 Open competition Serving civil servant Hydrographic Office1 Rear Admiral John Myres — Armed forces appointment Open competition Armed forces Insolvency Service Peter Joyce 3 Open competition Serving civil servant Intervention Board Guy Stapleton 3 Internal appointment Serving civil servant June. Ministers reported on the achievements of the last 12 months. These include the publication of 19 follow-up charters covering some of the most important areas of the public service such as education, health and British Rail.
The main purpose of the seminar was to agree a demanding programme of action for the next 12 months including: new charters covering courts and further and higher education; the extension of the patients charter into primary health care, most importantly general practitioner services; the publication this autumn, for the first time, of comparative tables of school performance; the publication, by the end of this year, of indicators against which the performance of police in England and Wales will be measured; and the issue of videos to explain court procedures in England and Wales to new jurors and to help owners of small businesses understand their tax.