Recommendation 19

The Cabinet Office stated that it incorporates and shares lessons from international best practice through both functions, for example by attending the Global Government Forum. We asked how government measures the effectiveness of disseminating this information. The Cabinet Office explained that it is often applied within functions and that guidance is occasionally updated to reflect international best practice, such as with the digital work they are currently doing across government. When asked who is responsible for ensuring departments follow best practice guidance, the Cabinet Office stated that while it is the Cabinet Office’s responsibility to provide best practice, implementing it is the individual departments’ responsibility.40 Strategic workforce planning