Catalogue description Department of Education and Science: Establishments and Organisation Branch: Registered Files (Y and YCS Prefix Series)

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Reference: ED 291
Title: Department of Education and Science: Establishments and Organisation Branch: Registered Files (Y and YCS Prefix Series)
Description:

This series consists of operational and administrative files covering public appointments, staffing and pay of research councils, ministerial salaries and pensions, personnel management. Files within this series relate to pay and allowances, staff organisation, grading, workforce planning, career development, labour relations. This series also contains files regarding general departmental administration, facilities management, the introduction of new technology, low-level committees, and reviews (e.g. Next Steps Initiative)
Date: 1995-1996
Arrangement:

The records are arranged in former reference order
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department: Y and YCS Prefixes
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Education, 1992-1995

Department for Education and Employment, 1995-2001
Physical description: 2 file(s)
Access conditions: Open unless otherwise stated
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 2020 Department for Education
Accumulation dates: 1995-1996
Accruals: Series is accruing.
Administrative / biographical background:

Establishments and Organisation Branch is a permanent function with the Department of Education. In 1985 it was made up of three divisions with a separate unit in the Darlington office. Division A dealt with personnel management, Division B was the Staff Inspection Unit and Division C covered common services, new technology and the Financial Management Initiative.

By 1993 the Branch had expanded to include Division E for resource management with a separate Central Purchasing Unit and Management Services Unit. At this time Division A covered staffing, pay and training plus Non-Departmental bodies including public appointments and equal opportunities. There was a separate Staff Training Centre. Division B covered recruitment, grade management, conditions of service, discipline, promotion procedures, staff reports, industrial relations and the computerised personnel information system. Division C was responsible for accommodation, office services, security, printing, records management, the Library and transit and despatch services. The Darlington Unit had become Division D

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