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Committee
Public Administration Select Committee
Subjects
Central government; Policy
Date
24 April 2012
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will establish a cross-departmental maritime strategy for the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will establish a cross-departmental maritime strategy for the UK.
Asked by
Matthew Offord
(Conservative)
Answered by
Mike Penning
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
27 March 2012
For answer on
16 April 2012
Answered on
19 April 2012
The Government have a strong cross-departmental maritime strategy. The overarching policy framework is provided by the Marine Policy Statement, published on 18 March 2011. The National Policy Statement for Ports was designated on 26 January, and the Red Tape Challenge is delivering simplification initiatives to support growth in the maritime sector.
Subjects
Policy; Shipping
Date
19 April 2012
Reference
103006; 543 c550W
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Public Administration Select Committee
Subjects
Central government; Policy
Date
17 April 2012
Reference
HC 1625 2010-12
House
House of Commons
The head of the civil service has set up a number of themed groups to explore various aspects of civil service reform. One is exploring whether outsourcing policy making could deliver more creative and innovative results, while ensuring accountability and value for money, and I met permanent secretaries recently to discuss that and other issues.
The head of the civil service has set up a number of themed groups to explore various aspects of civil service reform. One is exploring whether outsourcing policy making could deliver more creative and innovative results, while ensuring accountability and value for money, and I met permanent secretaries recently to discuss that and other issues.
Answered by
Lord Maude of Horsham
(Conservative)
Asked by
Baroness Keeley
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with Permanent Secretaries on Government outsourcing of policy advice.
Subjects
Consultants; Policy
Date
21 March 2012
Reference
542 c775
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
As the new Cabinet Secretary said the other day, the civil service has in the past had a monopoly on policy advice, and he and others feel that it is something worth questioning. I am sorry that it is only the Opposition who seem to have closed minds on the issue.
As the new Cabinet Secretary said the other day, the civil service has in the past had a monopoly on policy advice, and he and others feel that it is something worth questioning. I am sorry that it is only the Opposition who seem to have closed minds on the issue.
Answered by
Lord Maude of Horsham
(Conservative)
Asked by
Andrew Bridgen
(Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Does my right hon. Friend agree that every Government need the best possible policy advice available, and that sometimes it comes from within the civil service, and sometimes from without?
Subjects
Consultants; Policy
Date
21 March 2012
Reference
542 c776
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Not only will we, but we have. We have more than halved—I stress, more than halved—the cost of consultancy to the taxpayer. Under the previous Government, such money was spent incontinently, and the result was bad value for money and the serious undermining of the self-esteem of professional civil servants, who like being asked to do difficult things and are very good at doing them.
Not only will we, but we have. We have more than halved—I stress, more than halved—the cost of consultancy to the taxpayer. Under the previous Government, such money was spent incontinently, and the result was bad value for money and the serious undermining of the self-esteem of professional civil servants, who like being asked to do difficult things and are very good at doing them.
Answered by
Lord Maude of Horsham
(Conservative)
Asked by
Baroness Keeley
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
The Cabinet Office spent almost £120,000 in one day in August last year on consultancy, and McKinsey & Company is reported to have earned almost £14 million from Government health policy since the election. Outsourcing policy advice is costly and can lead to conflicts of interest, so will Conservative Ministers stick to their pledge in their manifesto to reduce the amount of consultancy?
Subjects
Consultants; Policy
Date
21 March 2012
Reference
542 c775-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Does my right hon. Friend agree that every Government need the best possible policy advice available, and that sometimes it comes from within the civil service, and sometimes from without?
Does my right hon. Friend agree that every Government need the best possible policy advice available, and that sometimes it comes from within the civil service, and sometimes from without?
Asked by
Andrew Bridgen
(Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 March 2012
As the new Cabinet Secretary said the other day, the civil service has in the past had a monopoly on policy advice, and he and others feel that it is something worth questioning. I am sorry that it is only the Opposition who seem to have closed minds on the issue.
Subjects
Consultants; Policy
Date
21 March 2012
Reference
542 c776
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The Cabinet Office spent almost £120,000 in one day in August last year on consultancy, and McKinsey & Company is reported to have earned almost £14 million from Government health policy since the election. Outsourcing policy advice is costly and can lead to conflicts of interest, so will Conservative Ministers stick to their pledge in their manifesto to reduce the amount of consultancy?
The Cabinet Office spent almost £120,000 in one day in August last year on consultancy, and McKinsey & Company is reported to have earned almost £14 million from Government health policy since the election. Outsourcing policy advice is costly and can lead to conflicts of interest, so will Conservative Ministers stick to their pledge in their manifesto to reduce the amount of consultancy?
Asked by
Baroness Keeley
(Labour)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
21 March 2012
Not only will we, but we have. We have more than halved—I stress, more than halved—the cost of consultancy to the taxpayer. Under the previous Government, such money was spent incontinently, and the result was bad value for money and the serious undermining of the self-esteem of professional civil servants, who like being asked to do difficult things and are very good at doing them.
Subjects
Consultants; Policy
Date
21 March 2012
Reference
542 c775-6
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with Permanent Secretaries on Government outsourcing of policy advice.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with Permanent Secretaries on Government outsourcing of policy advice.
Asked by
Baroness Keeley
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Maude of Horsham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Cabinet Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 March 2012
For answer on
21 March 2012
Answered on
21 March 2012
The head of the civil service has set up a number of themed groups to explore various aspects of civil service reform. One is exploring whether outsourcing policy making could deliver more creative and innovative results, while ensuring accountability and value for money, and I met permanent secretaries recently to discuss that and other issues.
Subjects
Consultants; Policy
Date
21 March 2012
Reference
100938; 542 c775
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
May we have a debate or a statement from the Education Secretary on the implementation of the Government's academy schools policy, following revelations that the first school in Exeter to apply for academy status pays its head £10,000 more than the Prime Minister and employs the head's wife as the...
May we have a debate or a statement from the Education Secretary on the implementation of the Government's academy schools policy, following revelations that the first school in Exeter to apply for academy status pays its head £10,000 more than the Prime Minister and employs the head's wife as the...
Member
Ben Bradshaw
(Labour)
Type
Business questions
Subjects
Policy; Academies
Date
15 March 2012
Reference
542 c384
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
The right hon. Gentleman says that it is the Government's academy policy, but it is actually his own party's academy policy which we are building on and strengthening. The regime for academies was developed by his party and, if I may say so, we are building on one of the...
The right hon. Gentleman says that it is the Government's academy policy, but it is actually his own party's academy policy which we are building on and strengthening. The regime for academies was developed by his party and, if I may say so, we are building on one of the...
Member
Lord Young of Cookham
(Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Subjects
Policy; Academies
Date
15 March 2012
Reference
542 c384
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee written evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Public Administration Select Committee
Subjects
Central government; Policy
Date
21 February 2012
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Lords papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Science and Technology Committee (HL)
Witnesses
Department for International Development; Food and Rural Affairs Department for Environment; Home Office; Ministry of Defence; Department of Health; Treasury; Lord O'Donnell; Nick Gibb; British Academy; Innovation and Skills Department for Business; Department for Education; Department of Energy and Climate Change; Royal Society; Serco; Royal Academy of Engineering; Government Chemist; Government Chief Scientific Adviser; Finmeccanica; Lord Taylor of Holbeach; Lord Willetts; Earl Howe; Lord May of Oxford; ITS United Kingdom; Chris Whitty; Helen Ghosh; Mark Welland; David Mackay; Brian Collins; James Richardson; Carole Willis; John Shepherd; John Beddington; Ian Poll; Paul Wiles; Bernard Silverman; Robert Watson
Subjects
Conditions of employment; Government departments; Recruitment; Policy; Research; Science; Government Chief Scientific Adviser; Chief scientific advisers
Date
15 February 2012
Reference
HL 264 2010-12
House
House of Lords
Type
Select Committee reports (Government responses); House of Commons papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Public Administration Select Committee
Subjects
Accountability; Administration; Civil service; Management; Public sector; Politics and government; Policy; Standards; Reform
Date
11 January 2012
Reference
HC 1746 2010-12
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what progress she has made in reforming the way decisions are made on which transport projects to prioritise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to section 30 of the Coalition Agreement, what progress she has made in reforming the way decisions are made on which transport projects to prioritise.
Asked by
Maria Eagle
(Labour)
Answered by
Justine Greening
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 December 2011
For answer on
19 December 2011
Answered on
20 December 2011
My predecessor as Secretary of State for Transport, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), laid a written ministerial statement in the House on 27 April 2011 reporting the conclusions of the Department's decision making review. This set out reforms to the way transport projects are assessed, and funding prioritisation decisions are made, so that the benefits of low carbon proposals are fully recognised. The Department now uses the five case model to inform decision-making, which assesses projects' strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases.
Subjects
Policy; Transport
Date
20 December 2011
Reference
87378; 537 c1185W
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Public Administration Select Committee
Notes
Inquiry was called Smaller government - bigger society? for its evidence sessions.
Subjects
Administration; Civil service; ICT; Private sector; Management; Public sector; Politics and government; Policy; Civil society
Date
7 December 2011
Reference
HC 902 2010-12
House
House of Commons
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with a view to introducing an impact test to examine the effects of policy proposals on those aged over 65 following the Westminster Hall debate in the House of Commons on 6 September.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with a view to introducing an impact test to examine the effects of policy proposals on those aged over 65 following the Westminster Hall debate in the House of Commons on 6 September.
Asked by
Baroness Smith of Basildon
(Labour)
Answered by
Earl Howe
(Conservative)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
16 November 2011
The department has not recently had any discussions on a separate impact assessment process for older people. However, age is a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010 which confers a duty on public authorities, including the Department of Health, to pay due regard to the need to eliminate discrimination, harassment and victimisation, advance equality of opportunity and promote good community relations in everything they do.
As a result, departmental officials routinely assess the potential impact of their work on people with a range of protected characteristics, including age. Such work may not always take the form of a discrete impact assessment but understanding the potential impact of departmental policies on older people is inherent in the public sector equality duty in Section 149(1) of the aforementioned Act.
Across government, we are committed coherently to addressing the issues that affect older people. The Department for Work and Pensions leads on strategy for our ageing society and helps to co-ordinate this agenda across government. The Minister of State for Pensions and the Minister of State for Care Services jointly co-chair the UK Advisory Forum on Ageing. The forum provides an opportunity to bring together the representative views of older people and provides advice to Ministers across government on the steps that it and its partners need to take to improve well being and independence in later life.
The department is currently running an engagement exercise on the reform of social care, ““Caring for Our Future”” until 2 December. Through this process, we are inviting views from a wide range of interested people and groups, including people who use care and support services, carers, local councils, care providers, and the voluntary sector.
Subjects
Older people; Policy; Impact assessments
Date
16 November 2011
Reference
13142; 732 c164-5WA
House
House of Lords
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Public Administration Select Committee
Subjects
Administration; Civil service; ICT; Private sector; Management; Public sector; Politics and government; Policy; Civil society; Cabinet Office; Department for Communities and Local Government; Hurd, Nick; Maude of Horsham, Lord; Clark, Greg
Date
12 October 2011
Reference
HC 902-vi 2010-12
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what policy teams there are within his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what policy teams there are within his Department.
Asked by
John Healey
(Labour)
Answered by
Simon Burns
(Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
15 September 2011
For answer on
11 October 2011
Answered on
11 October 2011
The Department does not hold information about its policy teams in a way that specifically distinguishes policy teams from other teams, such as operational or corporate business teams.In March 2011, as part of the latest transparency exercise, the Department published its organisational chart or 'organogram', including details of every branch and senior staff in the Department. This is available at:"www.dh.gov.uk/en/Aboutus/HowDHworks/Transparency/DH_127549"An update to the organogram is planned shortly as part of the wider transparency agenda.
Subjects
Departmental responsibilities; Policy; Department of Health
Date
11 October 2011
Reference
72676; 533 c325W
House
House of Commons
Type
Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Public Administration Select Committee
Subjects
Accountability; Administration; Civil service; Home Office; University of Oxford; Management; Public sector; Politics and government; Policy; Standards; Reform; Cabinet Office; Ministry of Justice; London School of Economics; Armstrong of Ilminster, Lord; Cranfield School of Management; University of Sheffield; Turnbull, Lord; Wilson of Dinton, Lord; Maude of Horsham, Lord; O'Donnell, Lord; Institute for Government
Commons Library location
PCC Public Administration Select Committee
Date
14 September 2011
Reference
HC 714 2010-12
House
House of Commons