Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Not Addressed
Paragraph: 71
To improve transparency, Cabinet Secretary Simon Case told the Committee that he considered the suggestion...
Recommendation
To improve transparency, Cabinet Secretary Simon Case told the Committee that he considered the suggestion that a register of direct appointments be maintained and published as “an obvious thing to do”.167 We agree and recommend that departments begin to compile and publish such registers immediately and that they are kept updated contemporaneously.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response discusses new guidance on Non-Corporate Communication Channels and reporting requirements for official business, but it does not address the recommendation to compile and publish registers of direct appointments.
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71
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract
Not Addressed
The Government is committed to improving transparency around direct ministerial appointments, and will be requiring departments to publish annually a list of DMAs under their remit. The Government will further require that the terms of reference for DMAs are published online, rather than their letters of engagement (as it is the terms of reference, rather than letters of engagement, that set out the purpose, scope and remit of the DMA). Exemptions to this requirement will be in place for a very small number of sensitive roles. 2.7 The Appointment of Non-Executive Directors of Government Departments Committee on Standards in Public Life,
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