Committee on Standards in Public Life: Reinforcing Standards
R6-16
Published January 2000
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The arrangements for validating the performance of permanent heads of department and agencies against their personal objectives need to be subject to further scrutiny but should be structured to allow for some element of independent validation so as not to undermine political impartiality.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Reinforcing Standards, January 2000