The Cabinet Office’s ‘blueprint’ exercise in 2018 set consistent expectations for functions and introduced more regularised reporting from functions on their performance, costs and benefits.32 The National Audit Office noted that data quality would be central to the success of these reporting initiatives but found cross-departmental data to be poor.33 We asked the Cabinet Office whether it agreed with the National Audit Office’s assessment that data on impacts was poor. The Cabinet Office tol...

The Cabinet Office’s ‘blueprint’ exercise in 2018 set consistent expectations for functions and introduced more regularised reporting from functions on their performance, costs and benefits.32 The National Audit Office noted that data quality would be central to the success of these reporting initiatives but found cross-departmental data to be poor.33 We asked the Cabinet Office whether it agreed with the National Audit Office’s assessment that data on impacts was poor. The Cabinet Office told us it had a long way to go in this area before costs and benefits data is robust enough to support the value of the functions.34 It noted specific diff Type: conclusion | Number: 18 | 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 O