House of Commons - Change in Government: the agenda for leadership

Public Administration Committee - Thirteenth Report
Change in Government: the agenda for leadership

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 September 2011.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Reforming Whitehall and the Civil Service

A reform industry

Aims of Civil Service reform

What do ministers want from the Civil Service?

Specialists

Greater risk taking

A more cross-cutting approach

Less frequent staff turnover

3 The new drivers for reform

Decentralisation and the Big Society

Spending cuts

4 A coherent plan for Civil Service change?

The need for a clear change programme

Key elements of a reform plan

5 Scrutinising the change process

Principles for good governance and change management

Leadership: purpose, contribution and outcomes

Departmental Boards

Change management leadership

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex: Selected chronology of Civil Service reform

Appendix 1: Letter from Mr Bernard Jenkin MP to all Permanent Secretaries, April 2011

Appendix 2: Responses from the Department for International Development and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Printed written evidence

Additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Additional (Unprinted) Written Evidence