Source · National Audit Office

Lessons learned: Government compensation schemes

Published: 23 Jul 2024 Recommendations: 2 Type: Value for Money

NAO report detail with recommendations, government responses, and any Public Accounts Committee follow-up.

Recommendations

2 items
Government response pending.

The NAO has not yet recorded a response to these recommendations. This report was published 23 July 2024.

Rec Recommendation Addressee Acceptance Implementation
1
The Cabinet Office sets up, by the end of 2024, a centre of expertise within government to provide guidance, expertise or a framework for public bodies seeking to set up a compensation scheme ? this should be resourced sufficiently to provide advice to existing and future schemes.
Ref Page 8, 12
Cabinet Office Pending
2
The Cabinet Office reviews alternative arrangements, including structural arrangements, that would allow compensation schemes to begin and operate in a more timely, efficient and effective manner while earning the confidence of potential claimants. This review should consider a new standing public body to act as a compensating authority to administer future time-limited compensation schemes, and set out the changes it plans to make as a result of the review.
Ref Page 8, 12
Cabinet Office Pending