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New Cabinet Committee on the third sector’s involvement in public service delivery

17 June 2009

Following discussions with the Prime Minister, the Office of the Third Sector is leading work across Government to further the third sector’s involvement in the delivery of public services through the establishment of a new MISC Cabinet Committee.

The Committee will consider the blockages faced by third sector organisations to securing and delivering specific public service contracts and agree actions for the removal of these blockages.

Ministers from the following departments have been invited to join the Group:

• Communities and Local Government
• Department for Children, Schools and Families
• Department for Work and Pensions
• Department of Health
• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
• Home Office
• HM Treasury
• Ministry of Justice

The Cabinet Committee will be supported by an advisory group of third sector representatives and Government officials. The group is chaired by Bob Ricketts, Director of System Management and New Enterprise at the Department of Health.