The Cabinet Office told us that the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is in the process of developing a new project to allow comparison of impact assessments across the functions. As part of this, the GIAA has developed a standardised methodology and metric so that the functions are able to measure impact in the same way, so like-for-like comparisons can be made. The aim is for this work to be completed by Spring 2021.36 29 Qq 45, 69–71 30 Qq 69–70, 72, 74 31 Q 72 32 C&AG’s report HC 91...

The Cabinet Office told us that the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) is in the process of developing a new project to allow comparison of impact assessments across the functions. As part of this, the GIAA has developed a standardised methodology and metric so that the functions are able to measure impact in the same way, so like-for-like comparisons can be made. The aim is for this work to be completed by Spring 2021.36 29 Qq 45, 69–71 30 Qq 69–70, 72, 74 31 Q 72 32 C&AG’s report HC 919, para 5 33 C&AG’s report HC 515, paras 5, 9 34 Qq 46–47 35 Qq 45, 47 36 Qq 48 Specialist Skills in the civil service 13 Type: conclusion | Number: 20 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 6.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: April 2021 6.2 In 2020, the measuring the impact of government functions (to deliver better outcomes and public services) project, commissioned by the Civil Service Chief Operating Officer from the Chief