The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office
Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Closed
Inquiry
The status of the Prime Minister’s Office (“Number 10”) is opaque. The gov.uk website description says “the office helps the Prime Minister to establish and deliver the government’s overall strategy and policy priorities, and to communicate the government’s policies to Parliament, the public and international audiences.” Nominally, it is a …
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4
Recommendations
5
Conclusions
1
Report
2
Oral sessions
2
Events
Activity timeline 4 events
21 Sep
2021
2021
9 Jun
2021
2021
Report published
10 Nov
2020
2020
Oral evidence
13 Oct
2020
2020
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 2 sessions
10 Nov 2020
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The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office
Fiona Hill CBE · Future Resilience Forum
Jonathan Powell
Polly Mackenzie
Prof Sir Geoff Mulgan CBE
Rt Hon Sir John Redwood MP
13 Oct 2020
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The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office
Alex Thomas · Institute for Government
Dr Catherine Haddon
Dr Patrick Diamond
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Report - The role and status of the Prime Minister’s Office | HC 67 | 9 Jun 2021 | 9 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
First Report - The role and status…
Whilst the creation of a separate department would help to resolve some of the accountability...
Whilst the creation of a separate department would help to resolve some of the accountability issues that have concerned us in this inquiry, these could be resolved more easily through greater transparency within the existing arrangements. (Paragraph 50) 22 The …
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Government Response
The government explains the difficulty in delineating the work of the Prime Minister and Cabinet for transparency purposes and points to existing initiatives like Outcome Delivery Plans and the Declaration of Government Reform to improve general government efficiency and accountability.