Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 13 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 May 2001. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Friday, 11 May 2001 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason sailors in all ranks are not permitted to view their job evaluation results under the evaluation of the system put forward under Pay 2000; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason sailors in all ranks are not permitted to view their job evaluation results under the evaluation of the system put forward under Pay 2000; and if he will make a statement. [153978] Mr. Spellar: The Job Evaluation (JE) system used in the armed forces evaluates the post, not the individual postholder. In view of the total number of service personnel, it is not possible to evaluate posts individually. In practice, a representative sample of jobs is evaluated and the results applied to like jobs undertaken at the same rank. While copies of the full job descriptions generated as part of the evaluation process are made widely available, the final evaluation scores are not released. This is common practice in the wider evaluation industry and is consistently followed throughout the armed forces regardless of rank or Service. The evaluation system and its use are periodically scrutinised by independent consultants on behalf of the Office of Manpower Economics and the Armed Forces Pay Review Body.

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