Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 13
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The Cabinet Office is looking to put in place measures that will allow it to...
Conclusion
The Cabinet Office is looking to put in place measures that will allow it to identify what skills an individual has so that they can be best deployed to maximise impact. The Cabinet Office noted that the Project Delivery function is ahead of the other functions in this regard, as it has introduced its own Project Delivery Capability Framework which includes an assessment tool for users to evaluate their skills. Some 7,000 individuals have recorded and assessed their skills against this framework. The Cabinet Office aims to replicate this model across the other 13 functions.24 It has also, for the first time, included functional membership as one of the questions in the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey in an attempt to understand functional data at an employee level.25
Government Response
Not Addressed
HM Government
Not Addressed
4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: May 2021 4.2 As set out in the response to recommendation 1, the Cabinet Office is already taking steps to improve the annual workforce projections exercise which will provide further information on key skills gaps and confirm how departments intend to address them. 4.3 Government functions (Finance, HR and Commercial) are working together to ensure that data standards are aligned and consistent for end-to-end processes that span multiple functions - the alignment of finance and workforce data will support more accurate and responsive business planning, and support more evidence-based decision making through enhanced insight. 4,4 Civil Service Human Resources is currently working with Government Business Services to improve the consistency and transparency of workforce data through process convergence, design and common data definitions starting with joiners, movers and leavers in line with the Shared Services Strategy for Government. 4.5 The Cabinet Office is also working to collect more effective functional data through the ACSES. Regular engagement is taking place between the Cabinet Office and departments to improve the quality of their ACSES returns for 2021.