Forty-Sixth Report Government preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk
Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee
HC 952
23 March 2022
Government Response (AI assessment · 21 of 22 classified)
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Conclusions (2) Observations and findings — click to expand
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
On the basis of a Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Cabinet Office and the Department of Health & Social Care (the Department) on the government’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic.1
Government Response Summary
The government provides an introduction from the Committee on the scale and nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Conclusion
The three lines of defence model of risk management, widely used in the private sector, sets out what the Orange Book characterises as a “simple and effective way to help delegate and coordinate risk management roles and responsibilities within and across the organisation”.8 Under the first line of defence, management …