Personnel Information Notes

These notes are circulated (currently in hard copy form) to central personnel staff in departments, agencies and relevant non-departmental public bodies, and are generally copied to the Council of Civil Service Unions. They do not occasion any change in terms and conditions for civil servants.

This website identifies all the PINs issued since December 1992 and records their current status. Only those which are still extant are accessible electronically. Each Note has a specific contact point. Queries about the content of individual notes must be addressed to the individual concerned.

Any enquiries about the distribution of PINs should be directed to:

Jane Allen
Civil Service Employee Policy
4th floor, The Adelphi
1-11 John Adam Street
London
WC2N 6HT

Tel: 020 7962 1980
Email: jane.allen@csemployeepolicy.gsi.gov.uk

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1. Grading Guidance departments in April 1996

2. Procedures for Interdepartmental Trawling abolition of Staff Transfers and Trawling Unit in the Treasury

3. Petitions from Members of the Public to the Queen (Extant) [RTF, 9KB, 2 pages]

4. Senior Professional Administrative Training Scheme (SPATS) concerned the arrangements for the 1993 scheme)

5. Redundancy: Principles and Procedures (superseded by PIN 36)

6. Code of Practice for Dealing with Inefficient Staff (superseded by PIN 37)

7. Eligibility Criteria for Recruitment (Extant) [RTF, 14KB, 4 pages]

8. Mileage Allowances for Private Vehicles Used for Official Travel PIN 20)

9. Travel Guidance implementation of delegation from 4 May 1993 of class of travel for official and concessionary travel, and for the frequency of journeys of staff posted overseas)

10. Delegation of UK Relocation Expenses (obsolete – gave indicative rates of relocation expenses to departments in the short term following delegation from 4 May 1993 and guidance on uprating methodology used by the Treasury before that)

11. Structural Retirement/Severance Below Grade 6 Level (superseded by PIN 35)

12. Excess Fares Allowance – Indicative Rates (obsolete – the Treasury provided indicative rates, from 4 May 1993, for departments who wished to use uprating methodology following delegation)

13. Reimbursement of Expenses Incurred on Transfer – Additional Housing Costs Allowance (ARCA) (obsolete – list of average property prices provided by the Treasury for the period 1 October 1993 to 31 March 1994 only)

14. Appointment Letters: Guidance for Departments and Agencies (superseded byPIN 14 (Revision 1))

14. (Revision 1) (Extant) [RTF, 36KB, 6 pages]

15. Guidance on Schooling Allowance Treasury calculated Boarding School Allowance before delegation to departments from 1 February 1994)

16. Inventions (Extant) [RTF, 22KB, 7 pages]

17. Senior Professional Administrative Training Scheme (SPATS) (obsolete as this was about the arrangements for the 1994 scheme)

18. Grading Guidance for the Administration Group and IT Functional Specialism (obsolete following pay and grading delegation to departments in April 1996)

19. Guidance on Rent for Key Staff in Government Owned Residential Properties (obsolete – only possible relevance is the part which deals with some of the issues managers face when they review their rent arrangements)

20. Mileage Allowances for Private Vehicles Used for Official Travel (obsolete – Treasury published indicative rates for 1994-95 following delegation given to departments to determine mileage allowances)

21. Guidance on the Grading of Posts Covered by the Treasury/IPMS Pay Agreement (obsolete following pay and grading delegation to departments in April 1996)

22. Guidance on Maternity Leave Aspects of European Council Directive 92/85/EEC – Pregnant Workers Directive, and the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights (TURER) Act 1993 (obsolete)

23. Staff Suggestion Schemes (superseded by ‘Guidance on Schemes to Reward Innovative Ideas’ which is available from David Bennett, Performance and Reward Division, e-mail: dbennett@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk or from the Cabinet Office website) [External website]

24. Revised Grade Descriptions for the Secretarial Group (obsolete following pay and grading delegation to departments in April 1996)

25. Guidance on Dismissals on Grounds of Structure (superseded by PIN 25 (Revision 1)

25. (Revision 1 ) (Extant) [RTF, 15KB, 4 pages]

26. Mileage Allowances for Private Vehicles Used for Official Travel (Obsolete – sets out the methodology the Treasury used to calculate the rates of allowances before delegation to departments in 1993)

27. Guidance on Assistance and Support for Carers Guidance on Support for Staff who Participate in Voluntary Public Service (Extant) [RTF, 12KB, 4 pages]

28. National Business and Trade Union Facility Time (currently under review)

29. Senior Professional Administrative Training Scheme (SPATS) (obsolete as this was about the arrangements for the 1995 scheme)

30. Recruitment and Personnel Management of Staff Engaged in Purchasing and Supply: Clearing House Arrangements (obsolete as there are now no Central Clearing House service arrangements)

31. Medical Treatment Overseas (Extant) [RTF, 12KB, 3 pages]

32. Revised Grade Descriptions for Grades 5,6 and 7 (obsolete following pay and grading delegation to departments in April 1996)

33. Interdepartmental Trawling (obsolete because section 10.2 of the Civil Service Management Code explains the limited role of the Cabinet Office in this process)

34. Grading Guidance (obsolete following pay and grading delegation to departments in April 1996)

35. Structural Retirement and Severance Outside the Senior Civil Service (Extant)[RTF, 7KB, 2 pages]

36. Redundancy: Principles and Procedures (Extant) [RTF, 5KB, 1 page]

37. Code of Practice for Dealing with Inefficient Staff (superseded by PIN 40)

38. Normal Retirement Age (Extant) [RTF, 10KB, 3 pages]

39. Health Standards for Recruitment and Access to Full Risk Benefits of thePCSPS (superseded by Revision 1)

39. (Revision 1) (Extant) [RTF, 24KB, 6 pages]

39. Annex A[RTF, 49KB, 4 pages]

39. Annex B[RTF, 3KB, 1 page]

39. Annex B – PC126 Health Form[RTF, 1.18MB, 4 pages]

39. Annex C[RTF, 15KB, 2 pages]

39. Annex D[RTF, 17KB, 1 page]