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Where policy must be designed or implemented in secret, the government should establish formal interdepartmental...

Recommendation
Where policy must be designed or implemented in secret, the government should establish formal interdepartmental governance arrangements from the outset. That governance should include clear ownership of decisions, delivery and costs; documented ministerial decision points; scheduled reassessment of necessity, scope, delivery and proportionality; explicit cost-assurance arrangements; and mechanisms for controlled democratic and audit challenge where normal parliamentary scrutiny is displaced. (Recommendation, Paragraph 133)
Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Defence
Timeline
Recommendation age 0.1 yrs
Report published 30 Jul 2026