HC Deb 13 January 1997 vol 288 cc17-8W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which reviews of Government policies have been undertaken by the Cabinet Office in each of the last five years. [9996]

Mr. Freeman

The process of policy review is continuous and integral to much of the work of Cabinet Office. The Cabinet secretariat supports the work of the Cabinet and its Committees in all areas of Government policy. The Office of Public Service has policy responsibility for: the citizens charter programme; deregulation initiative; competitiveness agenda; efficiency scrutiny programme; co-ordination of the market testing programme and the next steps executive agencies programme; and development of an inter-departmental strategy for information technology. OPS also has responsibility for a number of civil service management, personnel and organisational issues.

Several Cabinet Office reviews of Government policies have culminated in the publication of a White Paper, including:

  • "Realizing our Potential; Strategy for Science, Technology and Engineering"—Cm. 2250
  • "The Citizen's Charter: 1st Report"—Cm. 2101
  • "The Citizen's Charter: 2nd Report"—Cm. 2540
  • "The Citizen's Charter: Facts and Figures"—Cm. 2970
  • "The Citizen's Charter: 5 years on"—Cm. 3370
  • "The Civil Service: Continuity and Change"—Cm. 2672
  • "The Civil Service: Taking forward Continuity and Change"—Cm. 2748
  • "Development and Training for Civil Servants"—Cm. 3321
  • "Open Government" White Paper—Cm. 2290
  • "Government Response: 1st Report to the Committee for Standards in Public Life"—Cm. 2931
  • "Competitiveness: Creating the enterprise centre of Europe"—Cm. 3300
  • "government.direct—A prospectus for the Electronic Delivery of Government Services"—Cm. 3438
  • The Government's "Guide to Market Testing"—ISBN 011430078 x.