As I said, the result has been to create a problem of overstretch and a Crisis of Retention.
Although that is a positive step, I suspect that it is not necessarily a function of the Ofsted process, but has happened because the Government do not want any more good teachers to leave the profession, given the Present Retention Crisis.
The prime cause of the Retention Crisis is that men with families have simply had enough; and it feeds back into further problems with overstretch.
Is not there a danger that the already severe Crisis in Retention of nursing staff in Wales could be made even worse as they are poached from over the border by high rates of pay?
However, I draw his attention to the fact that the Retention Crisis in the South East is getting worse by the month, and has been worsening for nearly three years.
The Retention Crisis has led to some of our most skilled and experienced soldiers quitting the Army.
The surest route to a Retention Crisis is to create unhappy servicemen and women, and the easiest way to do that is to create unhappy service families.
The Retention Crisis has led to some of our most skilled and experienced soldiers quitting the armed forces.
I suggest that the Secretary of State tell the Prime Minister that Her Majesty's armed forces are appalled at the downgrading of his post by its being combined with the Scottish Office, and that it should be full time so that he can address the serious Crisis in Retention of experience personnel across all three armed services.
I suggest that the Secretary of State tells the Prime Minister that Her Majesty's armed forces are appalled at the downgrading of his post by its being combined with the Scottish Office, and that it should be full-time so that he can address the serious Crisis in Retention of experience personnel across all three armed services.
Given the Government's own admission in last year's MoD annual report that the TA constitutes an, "integral part of defence capability", is the noble Baroness concerned that the Retention Crisis being experienced throughout the reserves will have an alarmingly detrimental impact on such a capability?