Deputy Director National Agency Simon Boon National Officers Association 1 Dondonald Avenue Stockton Warrington WA4 6JT 7th June 2017 Dear Simon I write in response to your letter dated 26th May 2017 sent to both myself and XXXX. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the NCOA concerns regarding the impact of the Change Programme on Borders Officers. In your letter you seek agreement from the Agency to: Provide clear information about plans for Borders staff in the future under • Transformation proposals; Provide clear information about what impact these Transformation proposals • will have on Borders officers’ allowances should they retain them as part of their assimilation offer; Provide clear information as to which sites are likely to disappear, • “Borders” shrink or be re-populated as part of the Transformation process. XXXX and I have consulted on these issues, as they are so clearly related. Our conversation has been around the issues you raise and whether the Agency should provide an extension to the window for Borders Assimilation decisions. I have also considered the way in which the Change Programme has communicated the changes. I recognise that there has been limited information published to date to inform officers of the changes that may be implemented. However, I have also considered the potentially negative impact on officers if I were to issue communications with limited or incomplete information. The information that has been issued to date has been aimed at DD’s and Senior Managers and, due to style and level of detail, has not been suitable for wider
Deputy Director National Agency Simon Boon National Officers Association 1 Dondonald Avenue Stockton Warrington WA4 6JT 7th June 2017 Dear Simon I write in response to your letter dated 26th May 2017 sent to both myself and XXXX. Firstly, I would like to acknowledge the NCOA concerns regarding the impact of the Change Programme on Borders Officers. In your letter you seek agreement from the Agency to: • Provide clear information about plans for Borders staff in the future under Transformation proposals; • Provide clear information about what impact these Transformation proposals will have on Borders officers’ allowances should they retain them as part of their assimilation offer; • Provide clear information as to which “Borders” sites are likely to disappear, shrink or be re-populated as part of the Transformation process. XXXX and I have consulted on these issues, as they are so clearly related. Our conversation has been around the issues you raise and whether the Agency should provide an extension to the window for Borders Assimilation decisions. I have also considered the way in which the Change Programme has communicated the changes. I recognise that there has been limited information published to date to inform officers of the changes that may be implemented. However, I have also considered the potentially negative impact on officers if I were to issue communications with limited or incomplete information. The information that has been issued to date has been aimed at DD’s and Senior Managers and, due to style and level of detail, has not been suitable for wider