We asked the Cabinet Office whether there should be a permanent body within government that is learning lessons from what went wrong with earlier schemes. Cabinet Office told us that it is the natural place for such learning, considering it is the cross-cutting and co-ordinating centre of government. It also said its wider work is trying to change the culture in government, preventing the need for future compensation schemes, but it acknowledged that learning lessons to change how government operates is very difficult.31 We also questioned the Cabinet Office on whether an independent body responsible for compensation schemes would be an effective repository of institutional memory. The Cabinet Office asserted that it is the responsibility of the departments of State to ensure government is retaining and sharing corporate knowledge. It also told us it is determined to learn the lessons of previous schemes and that it will be ready for any further compensation schemes that government decide to establish.32 31 Q 107 32 Qq 110, 111 17 2 Claimant experience on government compensation schemes Failure to consult impacted communities