Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-2
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Annual Public Appointments Plans should be adopted as the key strategic document for departments to set out their policy and practice relating to the public appointments of chairs and board members of the public bodies they sponsor. These plans should be published documents, drawn up by the permanent secretary (in consultation, where appropriate, with the linked Public Appointments Commissioner) and reflecting the views of the Secretary of State.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduct in public life, January 2005
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government accepts the proposal that more systematic information should be published by departments on their overall approach to public appointments. As the Committee has already noted, information about public bodies and appointments to them is included in departmental annual reports. However, at present, the type of information provided varies across departments. The Government therefore believes that this information could be enhanced to provide more detail and clarity about the overall policy and approach taken by individual departments to public appointments.
The Cabinet Office will work with departments to develop a model for providing information on their approach to public appointments for inclusion in future departmental reports or other suitable publications. Departments will also include links to the published information in the public appointments sections of their departmental websites.
The Cabinet Office will work with departments to develop a model for providing information on their approach to public appointments for inclusion in future departmental reports or other suitable publications. Departments will also include links to the published information in the public appointments sections of their departmental websites.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗