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Capability Reviews for HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs published alongside ‘Progress and Next Steps’ report

17 December 2007
CAB093-07

Cabinet Secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, today announced the publication of two more Capability Reviews alongside a ‘Progress and Next Steps' report which focuses on follow-up actions made by all the departments assessed in the first tranche of Reviews.

The ‘Progress and Next Steps' report, published today, looks at improvements made within the departments reviewed in the first round of Capability Reviews in July 06 – Department for Children, Schools and Families, Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Department for Work and Pensions. The Report also highlights common themes emerging from the Reviews and looks towards the future of the Capability Review programme.

Sir Gus said:

“The purpose of the Capability Review programme is to see how well prepared departments are to deliver a civil service fit for the 21st century and to ensure they make improvements where necessary.

“The challenge now is to ensure that the programme maintains momentum and that departments continue to take action and build on initial successes.

“As a result we will be able to support the wider reform agenda and successfully meet the challenges of the future.”

The publication of the HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs Reports means that 17 Whitehall departments have now undergone a Capability Review.

Capability Reviews were announced for Government departments in October 2005 and are robust, evidence based assessments of departments capabilities to meet significant future challenges.

Notes to editors

1. The Capability Reviews and summary reports are published at www.civilservice.gov.uk/capabilityreviews [External website].
2. Each Review is carried out by the Capability Reviews Team in the Cabinet Office with a team of external reviewers.
3. For queries concerning the Capability Review process please contact Kasia Reardon in the Cabinet Office press office on 0207 276 1196.
4. For queries concerning individual reports please contact;
   Treasury – Press Office on 020 7270 5238
   HMRC – Claudine Lashley 0207 147 2319
5. Capability Reviews have now been published for: Ministry of Justice (Department for Constitutional Affairs), Department for Children, Schools and Families, (DfES), Home Office, Department for Work and Pensions, Cabinet Office, Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for Trade and Industry, Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Ministry of Defence, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development, Crown Prosecution Service, Department for Transport, Department of Health, HM Treasury and HM Revenue & Customs.

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