Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 30
30
Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 127
As responsibility for policy on major projects and their management is shared across two departments,...
Recommendation
As responsibility for policy on major projects and their management is shared across two departments, the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury should write to the Committee setting out the standardised data they expect departments to collect on the most significant projects. From 2020–21, all departments should publish this information in their annual reports.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government states that departments already provide standardised data to the IPA quarterly, and the IPA encourages them to publish it. However, there is no plan to mandate data collection for smaller projects or for all departments to publish this information in their annual reports.
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127
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government · verbatim extract
Accepted in Part
Departments provide the IPA with standardised data on Government’s major projects on a quarterly basis. This data collection is moving onto the Oscar II system which is used by both the Cabinet Office and HM Treasury. The IPA collects this standardised data on major projects and encourages departments to do the same for their smaller projects, using the IPA definitions where practical. There is no plan to mandate collection of data on smaller projects across Government as it is not always proportionate for departments to do this for their smaller projects. The IPA encourages departments to publish their own data and provide information about their major projects.
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