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The Treasury's Rôle in Civil Service Training

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DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1957.tb01185.x
AuthorDavid Hubback
Published date01 June 1957
Date01 June 1957
The
Treasurv’s
RbZe in
J
Civil Service
Training
By DAVID HUBBACK
Until receiitly Director
of
Trainiiig atid Education in
H.M.
Treasury,
Mr. Hubback explains the part played by his Division and comments
on
some recent developments in
Ci,vil
Service Training.
T
is now over thirteen years since the Assheton Committee reported, but
I
their Report has stood the test of time remarkably well. Nearly all the
main recommendations of the Committee have been adopted and form the
basis of Civil Service training today. There have naturally been many other
developments since the war, but the main structure is built on the foundatims
laid by the Committee. In this article
I
shall not try to trace in detail the
history of Civil Service training since 1944. In brief, this has been mainly a
matter of rapid expansion after the war, followed by some retrenchment at the
beginning of 1952, succeeded in turn by a number of new developments.
I
shall, rather, attempt to give a picture of Civil Service training today as
seen from the Treasury, paying particular attention to new methods and
types of training which have been undertaken in the last year or
so.
While
I
shall concentrate on the Treasury’s r61e in Civil Service training,
it
is
important to remember that the vast bulk of training is done within
Departments, most of whom have their own schemes for training new entrants
and, where necessary, for giving vocational training. The really big Depart-
ments with responsibilities for large blocks of routine work also undertake
the training
of
supervisors and managers. The figures of staff employed
on training illustrate the relative scales of effort. While the Training and
Education Division of the Treasury consists of 14 people of all ranks, the
training staffs, at both Headquarters and in the regions, of such major
Departments as Inland Revenue, Ministry of Labour and National Service,
and Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance total about 140,
45
and
95, respectively.
THE
TREASURY’S
PART
IN
TRAINING
The main functions of the Training and Education Division are
:
1.
Central guidance and co-ordination of Departments.
2.
Training of departmental instructors.
3.
Central training of Administrative, Professional and Technical Classes.
4. Training for higher administration.
5. Special central courses.
6.
Administration
of
external training and further education schemes.
7.
Relations with other countries.
(1)
Central Guidance and Co-ordination
of
Departments
Just like other Divisions in the Treasury, the Training and Education Division
is responsible for advising on policy and for co-ordinating the work of
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