Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-32
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The Standards Board should develop model training and development materials that can be used to provide monitoring officers and Standards Committee members with the key competencies required to sift, investigate and determine complaints under the ethical framework. All monitoring officers and Standards Committee members should have undertaken training using this material by January 2007.
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 Board will continue to develop training materials for monitoring officers and standards committee members. It recognises that a move towards the initial assessment of allegations by local authorities will mean a redirection of the Board’s efforts towards the provision of advice and support to equip monitoring officers and standards committees for their new role in making initial assessments of all complaints, as well as investigating and determining most allegations. The Board will ensure that appropriate guidance and training materials are in place in advance of the introduction of the new arrangements for more locally-based decision making. Work will also be needed by the Board to build capacity and capability at local level, including having regard to recruitment practices, so the right skills and resources are available for monitoring officers and standards committees to be able to do their job.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗