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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Answer

Dr. Naysmith: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what delegations have been made in 1998 under the Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992; to whom those delegations were made; and what were the main conditions attached to them. [66129] Dr. Jack Cunningham: Since the last report to Parliament, on 13 January 1998, Official Report, column 162, Ministers and statutory office holders in charge of departments{1} have been given delegated authority (from 1 April 1998) under the Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992 to determine in respect of home civil servants in their respective departments the recruitment standards for health and coping with the demands of the job. The delegation was subject to the condition that recipients comply with the provisions of the Civil Service Management Code as amended from time to time. Copies of the Civil Service Management Code are available in the Library of the House. {1} The statutory office holders are: Commissioners of Inland Revenue Head of the Registry of Friendly Societies, being the Chief Registrar of Friendly societies and the First Commissioner of the Building Societies Commission Chief Charity Commissioner Commissioners of Customs and Excise Crown Estate Commissioners Director General of Electricity Supply Director General of Fair Trading Director General of Gas Supply Director General of National Lottery Director of National Savings Director of Passenger Rail Franchising Director General of Telecommunications Director General of Water Services Director of Public Prosecutions Director of the Serious Fraud Office Government Actuary Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in England Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales International Rail Regulator Public Works Loan Commissioners Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioners Rail Regulator Registrar General for Scotland.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

66129; 323 c253-4W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Civil service Pay Recruitment Personnel management Senior civil servants

Legislation

Civil Service (Management Functions) Act 1992