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<p>The Cabinet Office has not assessed or received any representations on the parity
of conditions between employees of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry
of Defence.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Further to my response to the Noble Lord
Goodlad on the 21 March (HL14735), the Government can confirm that terms and conditions
for civil servants below the Senior Civil Service have been to a great extent, and
within certain central parameters, in particular those set out in the Civil Service
Management Code, formally ‘delegated’ to departments. Accordingly, inter-departmental
differences in relation to terms and conditions exist.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The
Diplomatic Service is a separate Civil Service from the main (UK) Civil Service and
is managed by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.</p><p>
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