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DEPARTMENT

BRIEF

PPD

PPD

POD

POD

Levels and flexibility of grading levels

Recruitment

Resignations and retention

Secondments

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL REQUIRED

Do we have too many Senior Grades? Reference to Wardale.

Ethnic minorities, women, disabled staff.

Demographic trends - concern about the future.

Oxbridge.

Mobility requirement also important source of dissatisfaction.

"Not yet ground for serious alarm"

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are we sure?

Spouses working - reciprocity bilateral initiatives.

Expense of living in London

private sector help with mortgages.

Exchanges with DTI (specify DTI trainees) and with other Depart- ments. Repeat secondments.

Mounting realisation of importance of training.

Background on Chinese and Japanese speakers in Peking, Shanghai and Tokyo. Number of speakers in Service as a whole.

Training

Training

G13AAF

/PPD