Recommendation 18

We recommend that that the Government in consultation with POL set out the reasons for involving POL in assessing claims, how this was discussed with stakeholders and how they dealt with any concerns stakeholders may have raised regarding POL’s involvement. We also recommend that POL set out what steps have been taken to ensure independence, including how robust challenge is achieved and the numbers of initial recommendations rejected or amended by the Independent Panel. We further recommend that Government explains how BEIS and UKGI are providing oversight of the Scheme with practical examples of how, if at all, it has intervened to ensure independence.

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