Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 4
4
Acknowledged
Initiate secondments for DfBT and Treasury officials to Crown Dependencies before general election
Recommendation
The advent of direct engagement between Crown Dependencies and other UK Government departments is a very positive step. It underlines the importance of the Ministry of Justice’s work in raising awareness across Whitehall of the constitutional relationship. To help reinforce relationships and further increase awareness, there should be greater use of secondments between the Crown Dependencies and UK Government departments. We recommend that, to start with, secondments of officials from the Department for Business and Trade and Her Majesty’s Treasury to the Crown Dependencies might be most fruitful. The first of these secondments should begin before the general election. (Paragraph 25) The constitutional relationship with the Crown Dependencies 31
Government Response Summary
The government believes intergovernmental placements are valuable and has established an intergovernmental placement working group in 2023 to address barriers and unlock benefits, but did not commit to specific secondments or a timeline.
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
14. The Government appreciates the Committee’s recognition of the positive development of direct engagement between the Crown Dependencies and Government departments. 15. The Government believes that intergovernmental placements can play a valuable role in building first-hand experience of working in other administrations and improve delivery in shared priority areas. In 2023 the Government established an intergovernmental placement working group, which the Crown Dependencies attend. The focus of the working group is removing barriers to placements (loans and secondments) and unlocking the broader benefits to intergovernmental working.