Cross-government working

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 20 Sep 2023 Closed: 3 May 2024 Parliament page
Central government is organised into departments that plan and deliver their own objectives. Sometimes these objectives can be met perfectly well by departments acting alone, but in some instances Government priorities cut across departmental boundaries and require them to work together. There are several different types of cross-government working, from … Read more
6 Recommendations
17 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
3 May
2024
Report published
13 Feb
2024
Report published
11 Jan
2024
Correspondence
11 Dec
2023
Oral evidence
11 Dec
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
11 Dec 2023
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Cross-government working; Pre-panel: Cross-government working; UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership
Catherine Hutchinson · HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office Cat Little · Cabinet Office Chris Thompson · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Daniel Hobbs · Home Office Nathan Moores · Cabinet Office Sir Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE · Home Office Will Garton · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twelfth Report - Cross-government working HC 75 13 Feb 2024 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
3 Conclusion Acknowledged
Twelfth Report - Cross-government …
Share Shared Outcomes Fund lessons and produce guidance for departments on cross-government working.
Effective cross-government working is fundamental to delivering government’s priorities but there is a lot of work to do to make it more than just a ‘nice to have’. Efforts have been made to incentivise cross-government working through reward and recognition … Read more
Government Response
The government states it will determine its approach to supporting cross-departmental working at the next Spending Review, informed by lessons learned from previous SRs and the Shared Outcomes Fund, and is committed to providing guidance to remove barriers to collaboration.
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20 Recommendation Acknowledged
Twelfth Report - Cross-government …
The evaluation registry will mandate and publicly share government evaluation plans and reports.
The Head of the Evaluation Task Force told us it is working to encourage departments to share learning.40 She also told us about the ‘evaluation registry’ which holds information on what evaluation government has already done in the sector and … Read more
Government Response
The government states the Evaluation Task Force will continue to provide consultation, share findings, and support departmental analysts with evaluation data, clarifying that departments are ultimately responsible for their own evaluations. It does not explicitly confirm the mandatory rollout or public viewing date for the evaluation registry mentioned by the committee.
HM Treasury
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Government Response AI assessment · 22 of 6 classified
Accepted 19
Acknowledged 2
Rejected 1
Total 6 recs + 17 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
11 Jan 2024 Joint correspondence from Alex Chisholm, Cabinet Office, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer Second Permanent Secretary, and Cat Little Second, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, re Public Accounts Committee: Cross – Government Working, dated 21 December 2023
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