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
1 result
Clear
23 Conclusion Rejected
Twelfth Report - Cross-government …
Non-publication of Outcome Delivery Plans hinders public tracking of cross-government outcomes.
In 2022, the Government said that it was focusing on producing ODPs for 2023–24 rather than the plans for 2022–23 which it would cover retrospectively in the 2022–23 Annual Reports and Accounts. For 2023–24 departments will not be required to … Read more
Government Response
The government reiterates the ministerial decision that departments will only produce internal Outcome Delivery Plans for 2023-24, effectively rejecting the implied need for public transparency, but commits to writing to the committee with an update by the end of May.
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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