Civil Service Accountability
Cabinet Office
Neil Carmichael (Stroud, Conservative)
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps he is taking to increase the accountability of the civil service.
Francis Maude (Minister for the Cabinet Office; Horsham, Conservative)
The Civil Service Reform Plan, published in June, set out first steps to sharpen accountability, including clarifying and making more transparent the responsibilities of accounting officers, and strengthening the role of Ministers in departmental and permanent secretary appointments.