TO have a more ''efficient'' Efficiency Unit, the Government has proposed grouping the unit's staff under a new department called the Management Services Agency.
The unit itself was created to identify ways of providing a better service to the public and to make the Government more cost-effective.
The proposal was made by the head of the unit, Mr Robert Footman, whose post is also due for review. Mr Footman was appointed to the temporary post in last May.
The management services grade is now part of the unit. The future relationship between the Management Services Agency and the Efficiency Unit will be like that between a department and a policy branch.
Mr Footman said the proposal had been sent to staff for consultation.
''The unit's existing structure is a temporary one and my job is to review the best way forward,'' Mr Footman said.
Eventually, there will be only three officers left in the Efficiency Unit.