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The Cabinet Office told us that the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is in the process of developing a new project to allow comparison of impact assessments across the functions. As part of this, the GIAA has developed a standardised methodology and metric so that the functions are able to measure impact in the same way, so like-for-like comparisons can be made. The aim is for this work to be completed by Spring 2021.36 29 Qq 45, 69–71 30 Qq 69–70, 72, 74 31 Q 72 32 C&AG’s report HC 919, para 5 33 C&AG’s report HC 515, paras 5, 9 34 Qq 46–47 35 Qq 45, 47 36 Qq 48 Specialist Skills in the civil service 13