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Cross-government working

Status: Closed Opened: 20 Sep 2023 Closed: 3 May 2024 6 recommendations 17 conclusions 1 report

Central government is organised into departments that plan and deliver their own objectives. Sometimes these objectives can be met perfectly well by departments acting alone, but in some instances Government priorities cut across departmental boundaries and require them to work together. There are several different types of cross-government working, from sharing best practice between departments …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twelfth Report - Cross-government working HC 75 13 Feb 2024 23 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
3 Conclusion Twelfth Report - Cross-government worki… Acknowledged

Share Shared Outcomes Fund lessons and produce guidance for departments on cross-government working.

Effective cross-government working is fundamental to delivering government’s priorities but there is a lot of work to do to make it more than just a ‘nice to have’. Efforts have been made to incentivise cross-government working through reward and recognition but HM Treasury acknowledges there is a lot of work …

Government response. The government states it will determine its approach to supporting cross-departmental working at the next Spending Review, informed by lessons learned from previous SRs and the Shared Outcomes Fund, and is committed to providing guidance to remove barriers to collaboration.
HM Treasury
20 Recommendation Twelfth Report - Cross-government worki… Acknowledged

The evaluation registry will mandate and publicly share government evaluation plans and reports.

The Head of the Evaluation Task Force told us it is working to encourage departments to share learning.40 She also told us about the ‘evaluation registry’ which holds information on what evaluation government has already done in the sector and what departments are planning for the future.41 The Head of …

Government response. The government states the Evaluation Task Force will continue to provide consultation, share findings, and support departmental analysts with evaluation data, clarifying that departments are ultimately responsible for their own evaluations. It does not explicitly confirm the mandatory rollout or …
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
11 Dec 2023 Catherine Hutchinson · HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office, Cat Little · Cabinet Office, Chris Thompson · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Daniel Hobbs · Home Office, Nathan Moores · Cabinet Office, Sir Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office, Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE · Home Office, Will Garton · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
11 Jan 2024 — Joint correspondence from Alex Chisholm, Cabinet Office, Civil Service Chief Op…