HC Deb 06 January 2003 vol 397 cc4-5W
Andrew Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the Regional Directors and Operational Managers in the Health and Safety Executive possess a formal qualification in management. [84778]

scs G6 G7 SEO HEO
Scs Bl B2 B3 B4 Total
Educational qualifications
Admin and Info Management — — — 1 — 1
Administration Management — — — 1 — 1
Business Management and Finance — — — — 1 1
Business Management Studies — — — 1 4 5
Health and Safety Management — — 2 8 — 10
Human Resource Management — — — — 2 2
Info and Admin Management — — — — 1 1
Management 1 5 14 12 8 40
Management for the Professions — 1 — — — 1
Management Services — — 1 — — 1
Management Studies 3 2 10 10 7 32
Management Techniques — — — 1 — 1
Personnel Management — — 1 5 2 8
Prof Cert in Management — 1 — — 1 2
Project Management — — 2 2 — 4
Supervisory Management — — — 1 — 2
Total 4 9 30 42 26 111
Professional Memberships
British Institution of Management — — — 2 — 2
Inst of Personnel and Development — 1 2 4 10 17
Institute of Admin. Management — — — 1 — 1
Institute of Management — — 4 2 — 6
Institute of Management Services — — — 1 — 1
Institute of Personnel Management — — 2 5 4 11
Institute of Supervisory Management — — — 1 2 3
Total 0 1 8 16 16 41

It is mandatory for all managers in HSE to attend 'essential training for managers'. This includes 12 modules: HSE's Expectations of It's Managers (Mod 1); The Legal and Policy Framework (Mod 2); Performance Management: Appraisal & Development (Mod 3&4); Getting the best from your team (Mod 5); Management Communication Part 1&2 (Mod 6&7); Selecting staff (Mod 8); Managing resources (Mod 10); Developing your Management style (Mod 11); The Appraisal Managers role (Mod 12).

Andrew Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether above standard hours of working have been ended in HSE at each grade. [84782]

Mr. Nicholas Brown

The only data available to answer this question are found in the staff survey. As the title of the survey suggests, it is based on the opinions of staff rather than objectively recorded data. The 2002 staff survey showed that there were still staff at all grades working above their conditioned hours. There was however a small reduction of 2.6 per cent, in those working between five and eight hours compared with 2001.