The Civil Service

Gus O'Donnell : In defence of bureaucracy - Part One:
BBC Radio 4 : 12 March 2013

Gus O'Donnell : In defence of bureaucracy - Part Two:
BBC Radio 4 : 19 March 2013

Why Mandarins Matter: Speech by RH Oliver Letwin MP

RH Caroline Spelman MP & Ian Watmore
BBC Radio 4 'Week In Westminster', 19 January 2013

RH Stephen Dorrell MP, Chair, Health Select Committee
BBC Radio 4 'Today' programme, 9 January 2013

“I think it’s a matter of historical fact that [the CQC has] existed for five years, it’s extraordinary that we’re still discussing what is its core responsibility. I think that’s regrettable but we are where we are...”

Health Select Committee: 2012 accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission
(HC 592, 9/1/2013)

Health Select Committee

Health Select Committee: - 2012 accountability hearing with the Care Quality Commission ORAL & WRITTEN EVIDENCE (HC 592vw, 9/1/2013)

UPDATED FOR 2013: Education & Experience of Senior Civil Servants at rank of Permanent Secretary

RH Margaret Hodge MP's Policy Exchange speech

The Civil Service Reform Plan - White Paper

Peter Day's In Business - Back on the Road: The Story of Allan Mullally and Ford

The Cabinet Office and the Centre of Government (HL30 2009-10)

Major Projects Authority

PAC Hearing: Assurance for High Risk Projects Monday 25 June 2012 (Dr Marc Van Grondelle, David Pitchford and Sharon White)

Overview of the Major Projects Authority

Requirements of the Major Projects Authority mandate

INTEGRATED ASSURANCE AND APPROVALS - Lifespan of a Major Project on the Government Major Projects Portfolio

MPA Governance Team

Major Projects Authority FAQs

Major Project approval and assurance guidance April 2011

Institute for Government pamphlets:

THE CHALLENGE OF BEING A MINISTER: Defining and developing ministerial effectiveness

Read Before Burning: Arm’s length government for a new administration

MAKING POLICY BETTER: Improving Whitehall’s core business

UNITED WE STAND: Coalition Government in the UK

ALL ABOARD: Whitehall’s New Governance Challenge

MAKING MINORITY GOVERNMENT WORK: Hung parliaments and the challenges for Westminster and Whitehall

Shaping up - A Whitehall for the future

The spending reviews and the operational efficiency programme

The State of the Service - A review of Whitehall’s performance and prospects for improvement

Education & Experience of Permanent Secretaries:

Education & Experience of Senior Civil Servants at rank of Permanent Secretary

IPPR pamphlets:

Whitehall's Black Box: Accountability and performance in the senior civil service

Whitehall's Black Box: Accountability and performance in the senior civil service - Executive Summary

Is Whitehall Fit For Purpose? An Analysis of the Capability Reviews

Think-tank publications

'The Reluctant Managers' - KPMG/Reform

'A Better Way' - Final Report (April 2003)

'Spending without Reform' - Interim Report (June 2002)

Fit for purpose FINAL (PDF)

The Dead Generalist

The Adaptive State

CPS: Freedom for Public Services

UK Civil Service Reforms:

How to be a Civil Servant BY MARTIN STANLEY

HC Library note on Civil Service legislation

Transcript: Public Accounts Commission (20.10.09) - Mr Amyas Morse

Modernising Government (Cm 4310, 1999)

The Civil Service: Continuity & Change
(Cm 2627, 1994)

Efficiency & Effectiveness of the Civil Service: The government's observations
(Cm 8616, 1981-82)
(this is the Financial Management Initiative)

Efficiency & Effectiveness of the Civil Service:
(HC 236-ii, 1981-82)

11th Report from the Expenditure Committee - The Civil Service (HC 535-i, 1976-77)

11th Report from the Expenditure Committee - The Civil Service: Minutes of Evidence part I (HC 535-ii-1, 1976-77)

11th Report from the Expenditure Committee - The Civil Service: Minutes of Evidence
part II (HC 535-ii-2, 1976-77)

11th Report from the Expenditure Committee - The Civil Service: Appendices
(HC 535-iii, 1976-77)

The Civil Service: The Fulton Report
(Cm 3638, 1966-68)

New Zealand Civil Service Reforms:

Public Sector Employment in the Twenty-First Century (Australian National University)

The State Sector Act 1988 (New Zealand)

THE SPIRIT OF REFORM: Managing the New Zealand State Sector in a Time of Change

Why Most Developing Countries Should Not Try New Zealand Reforms (From World Bank Research Observer)

Tories plan big shake up of Whitehall - ConservativeHome

New Zealand reforms - PRESS

Public Administration Committee:

PASC - The State of Government - Oral Evidence (HC 458i,11 March 2010)

Civil Service Management Reform: The Next Steps (HC 494, 1987-88)

Civil Service Management Reform: The Next Steps - Minutes of Evidence
(HC 494-i, 1987-88)

Making Government Work: The Emerging Issues (HC 94-i, 2000-01)

Making Government Work: The Emerging Issues - Oral & Written Evidence
(HC 94-ii, 2000-01)

Special Advisers - Boon or Bane?
(HC 94, 2000-01)

Special Advisers - Boon or Bane?
(HC 293, 2000-01)

Mapping the Quango State
(HC 367-i, 2000-01)

Mapping the Quango State: Annexes
(HC 367-ii, 2000-01)

On Target? Government By Measurement: Government Response (HC 1264, 2002-03)

On Target? Government By Measurement (HC 62-i, 2002-03)

On Target? Government By Measurement (HC 62-ii, 2002-03)

The work of the Committee in 2002-03
(HC 447, 2002-03)

Taming the Prerogative
(HC 422, 2003-04)

Choice, Voice and Public Services
(HC 49-i, 2004-05)

Choice, Voice and Public Services:
Written Evidence (HC 49-ii, 2004-05)

Choice, Voice and Public Services: Oral & Written Evidence (HC 49-iii, 2004-05)

Politics & Administration: Ministers and Civil Servants (HC 122-i, 2006-07)

Politics & Administration: Ministers and Civil Servants: Oral & Written Evidence
(HC 122-ii, 2006-07)

Governing the Future
(HC 123-i, 2006-07)

Governing the Future: Oral & Written Evidence (HC 123-ii, 2006-07)

Skills for Government (HC 93-i, 2006-07)

Skills for Government: Oral & Written Evidence (HC 93-ii, 2006-07)

Machinery of Government Changes
(HC 672, 2006-07)

Politics & Administration - Ministers and Civil Servants (HC 122-i, 2006-07)

Politics & Administration - Ministers and Civil Servants: Oral & Written Evidence
(HC 122-ii, 2006-07)

Machinery of Government Changes
(HC 672, 2006-07)

Good Government
(HC 97-i, 2007-08)

Good Government: Oral & Written Evidence (HC 97-ii, 2007-08)

Machinery of Government Changes:
Further Report (HC 514, 2007-08)

Machinery of Government Changes: the Government's response (HC 90, 2007-08)

Machinery of Government Changes: A follow-up report (HC 160, 2007-08)

Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall (HC 36-i, 2008-09)

Lobbying: Access and influence in Whitehall - Oral & Written Evidence (HC 36-ii, 2008-09)

Further Report on Machinery of Government Changes: (HC 540, 2008-09)

The work of the Committee in 2007-08
(HC 42 2008-09)

From Citizen’s Charter to Public Service Guarantees: Entitlements to Public Services: Government Response (HC 1147, 2007-08)

EXTRACT: Sir Michael Bichard KCB, Lord Birt and Lord Jones of Birmingham

Prof. Colin Talbot, Ms Natalie Ceeny, Prof. Christopher Hood and Mr Tony Travers

Sir Michael Bichard KCB, Lord Birt and Lord Jones of Birmingham

Sir John Bourn, Sir Richard Mottram and Ms Kate Jenkins

Ms Zenna Atkins, Mr Geoff Mulgan, Sir Steve Robson and Mr Matthew Taylor

Mr David Blunkett MP, Mr Kenneth Clarke MP, Mr Peter Lilley MP and Mr Nick Raynsford MP

Ms Ann Abraham, Mr Steve Bundred and Mr Tim Burr

The State of Government - Oral Evidence (HC 458i,11 March 2010)

HM Treasury material

Paula Diggle Email

HM Treasury organisational chart

HM Treasury Annual Report 2007-08

Press

TIMES: Forget big projects and start sharing desks, civil servants are told

HC Library Notes

HC Library research on Civil Servantsâ€™ Oxbridge backgrounds

HC Library research on Civil Servantsâ€™ Oxbridge backgrounds

Miscellaneous items

House magazine round table on Government Efficiency

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