.27 MAR '90 15:43 INDE4 LUNAR HOUSE 01 760 2822
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allow more
points per year of service in British companies than for "Crown Service" (i.e. service in HKG, UKG and
more
military service) and service in designated British institutions (e.g. BTC). I hope that the implications are fully appreciated by Ministers. However, I have given further thought to how service points for British companies might be given more prominence so as to partially meet Ministers' wish. The main problem seems to be, as Godfrey Stadlen pointed out, that private sector employees change jobs
frequently than public sector employees and thus are unlikely to earn as many service points as Crown servants on the basis of a common scale. I am also mindful that shareholders of British firms, as distinct from persons with direct investments in the UK, are not so far recognised for the award of non-service points. Having regard to both points, I suggest, as an alternative to our existing proposal, we take British firms out of the "service factor" sub-category, and instead create separate sub-category as follows :
British
"Connections with
firms, by virtue of employment in or holding shares in a British firm. A maximum of 30 points may be scored by a person having such a connection, on a scale to be determined by the Governor on the advice of the Steering Group."
Persons scoring points under this sub-category should not be permitted to score points under the "service factor" sub-category. The precise marking scheme could be left to the Steering Group (which,it has been proposed, should include a member with British commercial interests) to .consider. This would inter alia give us some flexibility for the time being, and avoid putting into public focus now any contrast that might be drawn between points for service in British firms and points for Crown and "designated" services.
Implication for the Private/Public Sector Ratio including all 3 Categories of British Service
10.
You have asked me to assess the implications for the private/public sector ratio if all 3 categories of British service were given the same higher rate of point scoring. Our Counsel has advised that para 5(2)(a) of Schedule 1 as drafted includes various auxiliary services, numbering about 20,000. However, it would be difficult if not impossible to assess the implication for the public private sector ratio, since we do not have information on which occupational groups they fall into. Given the large number of people in the auxiliary services, the implication could be serious. Our view thus remains that they should not be regarded as part of the public
sector
sector.
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