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The Functional Model introduces a strong central authority for these functions. The heads of function in the separate entities - ministries etc - report directly to the function leader at the centre of the government, where there will be a small but cutting edge centre of technical expertise. The function leader will be empowered to enforce common standards across the government, ensure that resources are used to benefit the whole of government and that projects and programmes are implemented effectively. I am grateful to officials in the Cabinet Office for administrative support in the conduct of my review, and for many in the functions and more widely for giving their time in interviews and in responding to requests for information.

Departments must add all projects which meet the existing criteria to the GMPP. These must be agreed with Ministers in the Cabinet Office and the Treasury, on the advice of the Head of IPA, with the Treasury able to withhold funding in cases of non-compliance. Paper shredders aren’t the most attractive of machines, so you would probably prefer one that won’t take up too much space. In fact, you may want to choose a model that will squeeze into a cupboard when not in use. The smallest shredder we’ve tested is a dinky 24x19x15cm. The IPA CEO will sign off all SRO appointments to major projects in the GMPP, jointly with the Departmental Accounting Officer, and has the right of veto on SRO selection for, and exit from, these projects.

There appears to have been almost no movement towards mandatory central procurement of commodity goods and services since PEX(ER) instructed in 2012 that it should gradually be introduced. I recommend in my report on the functions that this should at last be brought into operation, so that spend can be aggregated and very substantial savings be driven out of overall government expenditure. This will require much more extensive central spend controls to be introduced for each category of commodity goods and services as that category strategy begins to be implemented. These controls should operate initially with low thresholds, to ensure that Over the last ten years the Government has attempted to improve government through the introduction of the functional model and Cabinet Office spending controls. Recent events, in particular the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the economy, mean that the government must be far more ambitious in its approach to driving efficiencies and value for money. All Ministers who are responsible for major projects must attend IPA training. ○ For all significant contracts within major projects, departments must identify and put in place trained contract managers accredited by the Government Commercial Function for the lifetime of those contracts. To be effective, some of what they need to do involves challenge to the Civil Service leadership in line departments, and this is hard to do without the confidence that ministers at the centre of government will support and protect them. The problem is exacerbated because Ministers are excluded by the Civil Service Commission from being overtly involved in appointing these leaders. This flows from the long-standing doctrine that key policy officials must be and be seen to be politically impartial. Provide full data to the centre on every grant programme under their control, including details of grant recipients, so that the Grant

Satisfy the centre that their machinery and processes for awarding grants is fit for purpose, including follow-up monitoring. The Treasury will complete an affordability assessment before any project is permitted to make any tender or contracting decisions.Compact shredders can fit in small spaces, and these may be best for home-office use, or as personal shredders in either a home or an office. Some offer safety features such as automatic shutoff if one's hand touches the feeder slot. Others offer jam protection. Shredders, as a group, are not known for their exterior elegance, but some compact shredders are stylish enough to blend in nicely with an office's décor. Shredders traditionally were strip-cut, also known as ribbon-cut, models that shredded the paper into thin strips. Although it would require patience, it would be possible to reconstruct the strips into a legible document. These have been set at different levels for the various controls from the outset. These were refined during the Coalition Government, and have seen numerous changes since, all upwards, with the effect of excluding ever greater volumes of spending from real time scrutiny. I believe that the time has come for this trend to be reversed.