4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Summer 2022 4.2 The government is committed to building capability across the Civil Service. The Declaration on Government Reform, made a number of commitments, a number of which have already been delivered, including: • The creation of a new curriculum and campus for training civil servants: £26 million was allocated to the Leadership College for Government at Spending Review 2021 to train public and Civil Service leaders. The first physical campus will be at Easingwold in York; • Improving functional skills and accreditation, for example the Government Projects Academy provides professional training for delivery professionals. The number of skilled project delivery professionals captured on the Government Online Skills Tool is currently 8,870, against a target of 12,000 by March 2023; • The creation of the Government Consulting Hub, which provides direct capability across government, and leverages wider Civil Service capability for single department assignments, through the new Advisory Network launched in 2021; • Increasing the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates in the Civil Service. Targets were set in Government Science and Engineering Profession Strategy; 4.3 HM Treasury is also upskilling spending teams and government finance professionals to deliver efficiency. The Government Finance Function (GFF) runs the Government Finance Academy (GFA), providing high-quality learning and development to help improve financial skills, capability and talent across the Government Finance profession, including sharing best practice, using a variety of communities and networks across the GFF. The Finance Career Framework launched in 2021 sets out the skills, capabilities, qualifications and experience required for the finance roles across government at all grades. As part of the Public Spending Professionalism programme HM Treasury has undertaken work to improve skills among spending teams. This includes ongoing development of updated in-house learning materials for spending control, including new online training and resources suited to hybrid working. 4.4 The government will also be implementing capability-based pay for the Senior Civil Service, to incentivise senior leaders to build expertise in their policy area and in turn increase capability in the Civil Service. 4.5 More detail will be provided in a public report on progress against the Declaration’s commitments. The Cabinet Office will write to the Committee with an update against the Reform Statement in May 2022.