Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-34
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Boards of all public bodies should, in their procedures, provide for a right of access for individual board members to a senior official in their sponsor department, and through them to the permanent secretary and Minister if necessary, to raise concerns about systemic and sustained failures in either the board’s processes or strategic decisions. Before exercising this right of access, a board member should raise their concerns with the chair or the board as a whole.
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 this recommendation. Cabinet Office guidance provides advice on corporate responsibility which must feature in the Code of Practice of every public body. The current guidance makes clear that any board member has the right of access to Ministers on any matter which he or she believes raises important issues relating to his or her duties as a board member. More detailed guidance on the proposed process will be drawn up in the light of this recommendation.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗