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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

1 item
23 Conclusion Twelfth Report - Cross-government worki… Rejected

Non-publication of Outcome Delivery Plans hinders public tracking of cross-government outcomes.

In 2022, the Government said that it was focusing on producing ODPs for 2023–24 rather than the plans for 2022–23 which it would cover retrospectively in the 2022–23 Annual Reports and Accounts. For 2023–24 departments will not be required to publish their ODPs.49 We challenged HM Treasury and the Cabinet …

Government response. The government reiterates the ministerial decision that departments will only produce internal Outcome Delivery Plans for 2023-24, effectively rejecting the implied need for public transparency, but commits to writing to the committee with an update by the end of May.
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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…