Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 67
67
Not Addressed
The resourcing and capabilities of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat should be improved.
Recommendation
The resourcing and capabilities of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat should be improved. The Civil Contingencies Secretariat should be empowered to ‘stress test’ plans and to ensure that Departments are able to carry out a contingency plan if required. The details and results of these stress tests should be included in the Cabinet Office’s annual report.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response provides a generic statement about establishing and testing arrangements for data flows and dispute resolution during an emergency, failing to address the specific recommendations to improve CCS resourcing, empower stress testing, or include results in annual reports.
Summary of the government's response below — read the verbatim text to verify.
Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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Arrangements should be established and tested to allow immediate flows of data between bodies relevant to an emergency response with a mechanism to resolve immediately and decisively any disputes.
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