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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1990

"A START HAS ALSO BEEN MADE IN DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO HEADS OF DEPARTMENT TO GRANT VARIOUS PAYMENTS AND ALLOWANCES PROVIDED FOR UNDER CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS.

"WE ARE

ALSO

DELEGATING TO

DEPARTMENTS

RESPONSIBILITY

FOR

ARRANGING THEIR OWN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.

UNDER

"I CAN ASSURE MEMBERS WE DO NOT ALLOW THE GRASS TO GROW

IS CONCERNED OUR FEET AS FAR AS THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CIVIL SERVICE AND WE ARE PREPARED TO ADAPT TO KEEP PACE WITH MODERN DEVELOPMENTS AND PRACTICES," HE SAID.

WAS

AS THE THE CHIEF SECRETARY POINTED OUT THAT AT THE SAME TIME

IT MANAGERS, WAS GIVING MORE RESPONSIBILITY TO ADMINISTRATION TAKING STEPS TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS THROUGH MANAGEMENT TRAINING.

THEIR

"TRAINING OF STAFF AT SUPERVISORY LEVELS BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR LEADERSHIP ROLE

STAFF AND SET HIGHER STANDARDS MOTIVATE SAID,

OF

A GIVES MANAGERS AND HELPS THEM ΤΟ HE ACHIEVEMENT,

"I

POINTING OUT THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGERIAL SKILLS CONTINUOUS AND EXPANDING PROGRAMME, SIR DAVID SAID: "IN 1987/88, 9,500 STAFF WERE SENT ON A WIDE RANGE OF MANAGEMENT TRAINING THE TOTAL IN 1989/90, HAS RISEN TO AROUND 10,300."

WAS A SOME

COURSES,

CLEAR

PUBLIC SECTOR ON THE COMMENTS BY MEMBERS ABOUT THE NEED FOR WAGE RESTRAINT, SIR DAVID SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S FIRM AND POLICY THAT CIVIL SERVICE PAY SHOULD FOLLOW, AND NOT LEAD, THE PRIVATE SECTOR.

TAKING

INTO ACCOUNT

THE

"CIVIL SERVICE PAY IS ADJUSTED ANNUALLY, PAY TRENDS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR OVER THE PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS, ECONOMIC SITUATION AND OUR BUDGETARY POSITION.

"WE LOOK, IN THE FIRST PLACE, AT WHAT THE PRIVATE DOING BY WAY OF PAY INCREASES, HE EXPLAINED.

SECTOR IS

TI

THE ANNUAL PAY TREND SURVEY, WHICH FORMED THE BASIS CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT, WAS THE METHOD THE GOVERNMENT FIND OUT WHAT THESE INCREASES HAD BEEN, HE SAID.

FOR THE USED TO

UNDULY

**BUT WE ALSO PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO OTHER CONSIDERATIONS, SUCH AS WHETHER A PARTICULAR LEVEL OF PAY ADJUSTMENT WOULD ADD TO THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURE, AND OF COURSE THE EXCHEQUER'S ABILITY TO PAY.

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"WHERE THESE CONSIDERATIONS WARRANT, A SMALLER PAY INCREASE MADE, HE SAID.

IS

WHEN

SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT WAS THE SITUATION EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CIVIL SERVICE PAY ADJUSTMENT WAS ON AVERAGE 2 PER CENT THAN THE PAY TREND SURVEY RESULTS.

LESS

/"IT IS