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DVLA STATISTICS OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF COVER-UP

THE BODY which provides the UK Government’s main statistics has been accused of covering up the hugely expensive re-employment of senior managers as consultants after they may have taken generous severance packages.

Officials of the PCS union, the main civil servants’ union, believe the Office for National Statistics (ONS) – whose main operational base is at Newport – is likely to have wasted many thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money.

The accusation comes after it emerged that a number of former senior managers at the DVLA in Swansea were back at the agency as consultants earning up to £800 a day.

The union says individuals were encouraged to take severance packages to reduce the civil service head count in line with targets announced by Gordon Brown when he was Chancellor.

Re-engaging them as consultants would mean their presence was not reflected in staffing figures.

Two senior managers from the ONS London office recently left the organisation, only to return as consultants. Both previously worked in the area of national accounts and have now been re-engaged as advisory experts in the same field.

A PCS representative submitted questions in line with the Freedom of Information Act about the circumstances, but the ONS refused to answer, citing considerations of confidentiality and “commercial interests”.

The union representative appealed against this decision, pointing out, among other things, that when a comparable FOI request was made about other contractors in the past, the information being sought had been disclosed.

His appeal has received no response, however, and he has now referred the matter to the Information Commissioner.

PCS suggested the context for what has happened is the “downsizing” of the ONS’ London office, with most work being relocated to Newport. The union said other national accounts staff in London have been refused access to the ONS voluntary early release scheme on account of their being too valuable to the organisation to let go.

The PCS has also raised concerns about the appropriate use of taxpayers' money and said a reliable source has told it that the normal procurement process was not followed in the re-engagement of the two managers as consultants.

The union said the ONS’ refusal to comply with the FOI request has made it impossible to establish for certain what happened.

Equally, the union said it did not know the length of their contracts or the rates at which they are being paid – details which were part of the FOI requests that have been turned down .

Jeff Evans, the PCS senior national officer for Wales, said: “Given the abuse of public money by private consultants at DVLA, PCS is concerned about the possibility that something similar may have happened at the ONS.

“If senior managers have left the organisation only to be re-employed on lucrative consultancy contracts, this is completely unacceptable, particularly in light of the denial of voluntary early release to many lower-grade members of staff. We are concerned that ONS management are using the cloak of confidentiality to hide what could be serious malpractice in this case.

“We call upon them to provide full details of what has occurred.”

A spokeswoman for ONS said: “We do not comment publicly on employees, ex-employees or any individuals.

“We are confident that our processes, in terms of recruitment, whether on a temporary or permanent basis, are fair.

“We are committed to ensuring we recruit in the most efficient and cost-effective way. This includes our recruitment of specialist, short-term support.

“We have received a Freedom of Information request and are currently considering an appeal against our refusal to release details about individuals.”



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