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Part Four: Information published by the Cabinet Office

Information about the Cabinet Office and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs)

Public service agreement

• Cabinet Office Public Service Agreement
• Cabinet Office Service Delivery Agreement

Strategy Board

• Strategy Board members
• Terms of reference.

Departmental report

• Annual Departmental Reports from 1998 to the current year. The Annual Reports include objectives, performance targets and the resources allocated to the Cabinet Office. The report will first be available at the end of June the following year.

Papers presented to Parliament

• Command Papers [External website]

Purchasing opportunities

• Contact details for general enquiries about selling to the Cabinet Office.

Sustainable development

• Environmental policy for the Cabinet Office

Agencies

• Information on the Government Car and Despatch Agency (GCDA) [External website] GCDA is a Cabinet Office executive agency.
• Information on the Central Office of Information (COI) [External website] . COI is an agency and also a separate department reporting to Cabinet Office Ministers.

Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs)

• Functions of the NDPBs[External website] sponsored by the Cabinet Office
• Publication Schemes for NDPBs

e-Government Unit (eGU)

• Organisation and responsibilities [Archived website] of the e-Government Unit
• Details of all publications issued by, or on behalf of, the eGU [Archived website]

Parliamentary Counsel Office (PCO)

• The work of the PCO [External website] .
• How a Bill passes through Parliament to become an Act [External website]
• History of PCO [External website]
• Careers  [External website]

Codes and contracts

• Civil Service Code

e-Business strategy

• Cabinet Office e-Business Strategy.

Knowledge Network

• Knowledge Network [Archived website]

Civil Service Pensions

• Details about the Principal Civil Service Pension [External website] Scheme (PCSPS) and how the PCPS is changing.

Disability equality

• Disability Equality Scheme for the Cabinet Office

Race equality

• Race Equality Scheme for the Cabinet Office

Data Protection Act 1998

• Guidance on the Data Protection Act 1998 issued to Cabinet Office staff;
• and Standards and Best Practice Handbook for Government Departments.

Code of Practice on Access to Government Information

• Guidance on the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information issued to Cabinet Office staff.
• Memorandum of Understanding [PDF 88KB] on cooperation between government departments and the Parliamentary Commissioner for administration on the Code of Practice on access to Government Information.

Parliamentary Questions

• Guidance to officials on drafting answers to parliamentary questions.

Private Offices

• Guidance on best practice for records management in ministers’ and senior civil servants’ private offices.
  • Private office records guidance [Word 67KB]
  • Annex A [PDF 342KB] - Guidance on ministers’ diaries, private secretaries’ notebooks and ministers’ notebooks
  • Annex B [Word 26KB] - Disposal schedules

Complaints procedure

• The Cabinet Office Complaints Procedure

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