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23 January 2024 - Civil Service Leadership and Reform - Oral evidence

Committee Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Inquiry Civil Service Leadership and Reform

Tuesday 23 January 2024

Start times: 9:30am (private) 10:00am (public)


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MPs to question Lord Maude on his review into civil service reform 

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee will question Lord Maude on his recent report into Civil Service governance and accountability.

Meeting details

At 10:00am: Oral evidence
Inquiry Civil Service Leadership and Reform

Lord Maude’s report recommended changes to how the Civil Service is led and advised the separation of the roles of Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, as well as the breaking up of the Treasury. MPs will scrutinise these recommendations, along with the suggestion to allow Ministers a greater level of involvement in some civil service appointments.

Lord Maude was appointed to conduct a review into governance and accountability in the Civil Service in July 2022 by the then Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency, Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg. The Independent Review was published in November 2023.

In next week’s session, PACAC will investigate the report’s findings that Civil Service arrangements for governance and accountability are “unclear, opaque and incomplete”.

Location

Room 16, Palace of Westminster

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