§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make available the final reports of the financial management unit.
§ Mr. Peter Rees:Yes. Copies of three reports, Policy Work and the Financial Managment Initiative, Resource allocation in Departments — Role of the Principal Finance Officer, and Top Management Systems Second Report, are being placed in the Libraries of both Houses. They are useful background documents for Members and others who have an interest in Civil Service management matters, and a number of copies can be made available on request.
The Government share the approach to policy management which is described in the report on policy work and the financial management initiative and will be considering further how best to take advantage of the useful ideas which are discussed in that report.