Our sad decay in church and state
Surpasses my descriving:
The Whigs cam' o'er us for a curse,
An' we hae done wi' thriving.

Robert Burns

CHAPTER 44

COLLOCATION CONSULTATION DOCUMENT

 

Dear Alger,

 

Please find attached the consultation document for Phase 1 of the Collocation project: it explains the Department's proposals for the collocation in an Acquisition Hub in the Salisbury Plane area. These proposals have been agreed in principle by the Minister (Armed Forces) as the basis for consultation with the Trades Unions - the issue of this document therefore marks the beginning of a period of formal consultation with the Trades Unions on Phase 1 of the collocation proposals.

 

The Amalgamated Space Agency Skills and People Department has a challenging savings target of 6200 civilians and 820 Service personnel: collocation is needed to drive current restructuring plans, in particular the creation of common enabling services and through life IPTs with the Amalgamated Space Agency which would maximise the scope for post savings. At this juncture, I am unable to give a breakdown of Industrial and Non-Industrial staff likely to be affected by the collocation proposals: this detail will be provided, and consulted separately, in future BLB restructuring and/or collocation consultation documents.

 

You will see that at paragraphs 15, 28 and 79 I have invited the Trades Unions to be involved with the pilots for flexible working, the development of site specific People Plans and the development of a Preference Exercise respectively - it would be helpful if you could let me know if you would like to take up these offers of joint working in order that the Trades Unions may be involved at the earliest opportunity. I also believe it might be helpful for us to meet in the near future to discuss your initial thoughts about the collocation proposals.

 In addition, I would like to re-iterate the Acting Chief of the Space Agency’s invitation for the Trades Unions to be represented on the Amalgamated Space Agency Collocation Project Board and the Stakeholder Groups that work to it.

 

The consultation document and its various enclosures will be made available to all staff.

 

Exceptionally, in view of the complexity of the proposals, the response to the proposals should be submitted to me within 40 days.

  

 

Denis Falder 

COPY TO

 

ActCSA

PUS/SpA

DGSp OPS aR3

AUS Sp

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