The Cabinet Office recognised that managing interdependencies remains complex. Despite the Cabinet Office offering assurances on its current governance arrangements, the Committee remains sceptical about their effectiveness. The Cabinet Office told us that as departments join shared services clusters, the robustness of its current two-tier set- up would be subject to new challenge. The department said that it has started work on a fresh review of its governance arrangements which will consider interdependencies.64 The Cabinet Office also recognised that its original proposal for a more ambitious Corporate Services Board may hold advantages. The Department also recognised that such a board may create opportunities for government to bring together the collective efforts of shared services as well as other digital transformation programmes, projects and portfolios.65 Consistent HR and commercial data