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Select Committee on Public Administration

Formal Minutes of the Committee

Session 2014-15

Formal Minutes of the Select Committee on Public Administration, Session 2014-15

WEDNESDAY 11 JUNE 2014

Members present:

Mr Bernard Jenkin, in the Chair

Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Mrs Cheryl Gillan Lindsay Roy

1. Declaration of interests Mrs Cheryl Gillan declared her interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Civil Service impartiality and referendums

The Committee discussed this matter. 3. Special Advisers The Committee considered this matter. 4. Accountability of quangos and public bodies The Committee considered this matter. 5. Future Programme The Committee considered this matter. 6. Any other business

The Committee considered this matter. 7. Civil Service impartiality and referendums

The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 16 June at 9.15am

MONDAY 16 JUNE 2014

Members present:


Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner

1. Civil Service impartiality and referendums

The Committee discussed this matter. 2. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 3. Any other business

The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Civil Service impartiality and referendums

John Swinney MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth; Professor Susan Deacon, University of Edinburgh, David Clegg, Daily Record, Simon Johnson, The Telegraph (Scotland), and Scott MacNab, The Scotsman, gave oral evidence.


TUESDAY 17 JUNE 2014

Members present:


Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner

1. Accountability of quangos and public bodies

The Committee discussed this matter. 2. Civil Service impartiality and referendums The Committee discussed this matter.

3. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Accountability of quangos and public bodies

Jonathan Isaby, Chief Executive, TaxPayers’ Alliance, Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky, Research Fellow, Policy Exchange; Rob Whiteman, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy and former Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Border Agency; Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP and Rt Hon John Redwood MP, gave oral evidence.


TUESDAY 24 JUNE 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner

1. Declaration of new Member’s interests Mr Nigel Evans declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Accountability of quangos and public bodies

The Committee discussed this matter. 3. Administrative Justice The Committee discussed this matter.

4. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 5. Accountability of quangos and public bodies Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chair, Environment Agency, Bronwyn Hill CBE, Permanent Secretary, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Sonia Phippard, Director,

Water and Flood Risk Management, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Una O'Brien CB, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health, Simon Stevens, Chief Executive, NHS England, Professor Chris Ham CBE, Chief Executive, The King's Fund, Baroness Morgan of Huyton, Chair, Ofsted, and Neil Greenwood, Deputy Director for Strategy, Policy and Performance, Ofsted, gave evidence.

[Adjourned till 1 July at 9.15am

TUESDAY 1 JULY 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner

1. Citizens and Public Services The Committee discussed this matter. 2. Civil Service Skills Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Civil Service Skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSS0010 [NHS Leadership Academy] 3. Travel in a representative capacity Ordered, that the Chair have leave to visit Ditchley Park, Oxfordshire, to attend and speak at the Better Government Initiative 7th Plenary Conference, in a representative capacity. 4. Special Advisers The Committee considered this matter. 5. Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Civil Service and HMRC The Committee discussed this matter.

TUESDAY 8 JULY 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner

1. Civil Service Skills Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Civil Service Skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSS0011 [Professor Colin Talbot] CSS0012 [Civil Service College Limited] CSS0014 [Prospect] CSS0015 [BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT] CSS0016 [The National Association of Independent Schools] CSS0017 [Sir David Normington, First Civil Service Commissioner] 2. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman The Committee discussed this matter. 3. Government IT The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Members attendance statistics The Committee discussed this matter. 5. Special Advisers The Committee discussed this matter.

Adjourned till 14 July at 4.15pm

MONDAY 14 JULY 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner

1. Declaration of new Member’s interests Mr Adam Holloway declared his interests, in accordance with the Resolution of the House of 13 July 1992 (see Appendix). 2. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 3. Accountability of quangos and public bodies Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to be reported to the House for publication on the internet: QPD0020 [Mr Mark Sedwill, Permanent Secretary Home Office] Nick Hurd MP, Minister for Civil Society, Cabinet Office, gave evidence.


TUESDAY 15 JULY 2014

Members present:


Paul Flynn Greg Mulholland Kelvin Hopkins Lindsay Roy

1. Civil Service Skills Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Civil Service Skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSS0018 [IIBA UK Chapter Limited] CSS0019 [Paul Grant]

CSS0020 [First Division Association (FDA)] CSS0021 [Association for Project Management (APM)] CSS0022 [History Policy] CSS0023 [Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)] 2. Business Appointment Rules Draft Special Report (Business Appointment Rules: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report of Session 2012–13), proposed by the Chair, brought up read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Cabinet Office Response to the Third Report from the Committee of Session 2012–13 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the First Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 3. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Charity Commission The Committee discussed this matter. 5. Future programme The Committee discussed this matter.


TUESDAY 22 JULY 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner

1. Preservation of historical files in the Civil Service Resolved, That the Committee visit The National Archives, Kew, in connection with its one-off evidence session into Preservation of historical files in the Civil Service.

2. The Future of the Census Draft Special Report (Too soon to scrap the Census: Government Response to the Committee’s Fifteenth Report of Session 2013-14), proposed by the Chair, brought up read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Government’s Response and the UK Statistics Authority’s Response to the Fifteenth Report from the Committee of Session 2013-14 were appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Second Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 3. Civil Service impartiality and referendums Ordered, that Richard Gordon QC be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters related to its inquiry Civil Service impartiality and referendums. Mr Gordon had no declarable interests. 4. Accountability of quangos and public bodies Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Accountability of quangos and public be reported to the House for publication on the internet: QPD0021 [Mr Rob Whiteman] QPD0023 [Letter dated 14 May 2014 from the Chair of the Procedure Committee, House of Commons, to the Leader of the House of the Commons] QPD0022 [Letter dated 12 June 2014 from the Leader of the House of Commons to the Chair of the Procedure Committee, House of Commons] QPD0024 [Note of the meeting on 9 July between Mr Bernard Jenkin and the Procedure Committee] 5. Cabinet Office Memorandum on the Supplementary Estimate 2013-14 Ordered, That the Memorandum on the Supplementary Estimate 2013-14 be reported to the House for publication on the internet. 6. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Report regarding the Electoral

Commission The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Work of the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service The Committee discussed this matter.

8. Future Programme Resolved, That the Committee visit Washington, United States of America, and Ottawa, Canada, in connection with its proposed inquiries into Future Challenges, threats and opportunities, and Civil Servants’ relationship with Ministers and that the Chair seek the approval of the Liaison Committee for expenditure in connection with the visit. 9. Preservation of historical files in the Civil Service Clem Brohier, Acting Chief Executive, and Carol Tullo, Director of Information, Policy and Services, The National Archives, Scott McPherson, Director, Law, Rights, and International, Ministry of Justice, Simon Marsh, Head of Information Strategy, Policy and Practice, Ministry of Defence, Dr Caroline Shenton, Director of Parliamentary Archives, and Kim Barata, Head of Information and Records Management Service, Houses of Parliament, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 1 September at 4.15pm

MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mr Adam Holloway Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Mr Andrew Turner

1. Public Appointments The Committee considered this matter.

[Adjourned till 8 September at 4.15pm

MONDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2014

Members present:


Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Mr Adam Holloway Greg Mulholland Mr Andrew Turner

1. Complaints, Do they make a difference? and Time for a People’s Ombudsman

Draft Special Report (Complaints, Do they make a difference? and Time for a People’s Ombudsman: Government Responses to the Committee’s Twelfth and Fourteenth Reports of Session 2013-14), proposed by the Chair, brought up read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Cabinet Office Response to the Twelfth and Fourteenth Reports from the Committee of Session 2013-14 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Third Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 2. Civil Service Skills Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Civil Service Skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSS0024 [Dr Adam Steinhouse] CSS0025 [The Open University] 3. Accountability of quangos and public bodies

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Accountability of quangos and public bodies be reported to the House for publication on the internet: QPD0025 [Department of Health] 4. Preservation of historical files in the Civil Service Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Preservation of historical files in the Civil Service be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

The National Archives 5. Petition from Martin Vickers MP The Committee considered the petition to the House from The People of North East Lincolnshire concerning the proposal of North East Lincolnshire Council to close youth centres in the borough. 6. Clerk of the House of Commons The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Future Programme

The Committee discussed this matter. 8. Work of the Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service Sir Bob Kerslake and Sir Jeremy Heywood gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 10 September at 9.00am

WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2014

Members present:


Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Mr Andrew Turner

1. Caught Red-handed: Why we can’t count on Police Recorded Crime Statistics Draft Special Report (Caught Red-handed: Why we can’t count on Police Recorded Crime Statistics: UK Statistics Authority Response to the Committee’s Thirteenth Report of Session 2013-14), proposed by the Chair, brought up read the first and second time, and agreed to. The UK Statistics Authority Response to the Tenth Report from the Committee of Session 2013-14 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Fourth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 2. Statistics and Open Data: Harvesting unused knowledge, empowering citizens and

improving public services Draft Special Report (Statistics and Open Data: Harvesting unused knowledge, empowering citizens and improving public services: Government Response to the Committee’s Tenth Report of session 2013-14), proposed by the Chair, brought up read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Cabinet Office Response to the Tenth Report from the Committee of Session 2013-14 was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Fifth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House.

3. Midwifery supervision and regulation Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Midwifery supervision and regulation be reported to the House for publication on the internet: MID001 [The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care] MID002 [The Royal College of Midwives]

4. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Resolved, That the Committee inquire, and call for written evidence, into Whitehall’s capacity to address future challenges. Ordered, that Dr Jamie MacIntosh be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters related to its inquiry Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges. Dr MacIntosh’s interests are attached (Appendix). 5. Special Advisers The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Civil Service Commission Triennial Review The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 8. Follow up: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Report into Severe Sepsis Dr Daniel Poulter MP, Parliamentary under Secretary of State, Department of Health, Professor David Haslam, Chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), Ron Daniels, Chair, UK Sepsis Trust and Chief Executive, Global Sepsis Alliance, and Dr Mike Durkin, Director for Patient Safety, NHS England, gave oral evidence. 9. Follow up: Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s Report into Midwifery

Supervision and Regulation Dr Daniel Poulter MP, Parliamentary under Secretary of State, Department of Health, Jackie Smith, Chief Executive and Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council, Juliet Beal, Director of Nursing for Quality Improvement and Care, NHS England, Richard Murray, Director of Policy, The King’s Fund, and Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Adviser, National Childbirth Trust (NCT), gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 14 October at 9.15am

TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn

Mrs Cheryl Gillan Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner 1. Building Civil Service Skills The Committee discussed this matter. 2. Accountability of quangos and public bodies Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Accountability of quangos and public bodies be reported to the House for publication on the internet: QPD0025 and QPD0027 [The Cabinet Office] 3. Severe sepsis Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Severe sepsis be reported to the House for publication on the internet: Dr Daniel Poulter MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Health Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to sepsis and midwifery be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

Letter dated 25 September 2014 from the Chair of PASC to Dr Daniel Poulter MP, Under Secretary of State, Department of Health

Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to sepsis be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

Letter dated 25 September 2014 from the Chair of PASC to Professor David Haslam, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

4. Midwifery supervision and regulation Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Midwifery supervision and regulation be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

Nursing and Midwifery Council 5. Civil Service Commission Triennial Review The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Committee on Standards in Public Life The Committee discussed this matter. 8. Devolution and Whitehall The Committee discussed this matter. 9. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter



Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner 1. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0002 [The Institute of Risk Management] WFC0003 [Mark Foden] 2. Building Civil Service Skills Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Building Civil Service Skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CSS0026 [The Minister for the Cabinet Office] 3. Accountability of quangos and public bodies The Committee considered this matter. 4. Committee on Standards in Public Life The Committee discussed this matter. 5. House of Commons Governance Committee The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Health Service Commissioner for England (Complaint Handling) Bill The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 8. The Work of the Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority and Chief Statistician John Pullinger CB gave oral evidence.



Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner 1. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0004 [The Academy of Social Sciences] WFC0005 [Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSed)] WFC0006 [Project Management Institute (PMI)]

WFC0007 [Involve] WFC0009 [SAMI Consulting] WFC0010 [Institute for Government] 2. Building Civil Service skills Ordered, that the following written evidence relating to Building Civil Service skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSS0028 [Institute for Risk Management] 3. House of Commons Governance Committee The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Visit to Washington and Ottawa The Committee discussed this matter. 5. PHSO: Time for a people’s Ombudsman and More Complaints please! Resolved, that the Committee request a debate on its Reports Time for a people’s Ombudsman: Twelfth Report of Session 2013-14 and More Complaints please!: Fourteenth Report of Session 2013-14 and the Government responses: Third Special Report of Session 2014-15. 6. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Building Civil Service Skills Stella Manzie CBE, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, The Open University, Professor Simon Szreter, Director, History and Public Policy, Cambridge University and Kings College London, Professor Colin Talbot, Professor of Government, University of Manchester, Richard Anderson, Chairman, Institute for Risk Management, Mike Emmott, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and Peter Thomas, Senior Fellow, the Institute for Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 4 November at 9.15am

TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Kelvin Hopkins Lindsay Roy

1. Accountability of quangos and public bodies Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Accountability of quangos and public bodies be reported to the House for publication on the internet: QPD0028 [HM Treasury] Draft Report (Who’s accountable? The relationship between Government and arm’s-length bodies), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. The draft Report was agreed to; the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report are published with the First Report of the Committee, HC 110. 2. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0011 [School of International Futures] Resolved, That the Committee visit the Ministry of Defence Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, Shrivenham. 3. House of Commons Governance Committee Resolved, That the Committee submit written evidence to the House of Commons Governance Committee. 4. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 5. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Professor Robert Hazell CBE, Director, University College London Constitution Unit, James Lloyd, Director, Strategic Society Centre, Iain Gray CBE, Chief Executive, Innovate UK, Technology Strategy Board, Robert Chote, Chairman, Office for Budget Responsibility; Professor Michael Clarke, Director General, Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Simon Gillespie, Chief Executive, British Heart Foundation, and Professor Dame Julia Slingo OBE, Chief Scientist, The Met Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 10 November at 4.15pm

MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2014

Members present:


Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland

1. Work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 2014-15 Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to the Work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 2014-15 be reported to the House for publication on the internet: HSO0001 [Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman] HSO0007 [PHSO The Facts] HSO0008 [Elaine Colville] 2. Building Civil Service Skills Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Building Civil Service Skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSS0029 [Professor Colin Talbot] 3. Who’s accountable? Relationships between Government and arm’s-length bodies The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Statistics The Committee agreed to re-appoint Simon Briscoe. A copy of his declaration of interests is at Appendix 2. 5. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Work of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 2014-15 Dame Julie Mellor, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, and Mick Martin, Managing Director, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 25 November at 9.15am

MONDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner

1. Civil Service Impartiality and Referendums The Committee discussed this matter. 2. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0012 [Cabinet Office] 3. Building Civil Service Skills Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Building Civil Service Skills be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSS0030 [CBI] 4. Crime Statistics Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Crime Statistics be reported to the House for publication on the internet: 18 November 2014 – letter from the Home Secretary to the Chairman. 5. Records Review by Sir Alex Allan The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Review of the Administrative Classification of Public Bodies within the United

Kingdom The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Ordered, that the Chair have leave to have visited Woking in a representative capacity, to have attended and spoken at a meeting of the Board of Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust. 8. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 9. Building Civil Service Skills Rob O’Neill, Assistant General Secretary, First Division Association (FDA), Leslie Manasseh, Deputy General Secretary, Prospect, Karen Foster, Learning and Education Officer, Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS); Clare Moriarty, Director General, Rail, Department for Transport, Bill Crothers, Chief Commercial Officer, Cabinet Office; Dominic Cummings, former Special Adviser to Michael Gove MP, Dr Adam Steinhouse, former Head of School for European Studies, National School of Government, and Paul Grant, former Senior Lecturer, National School of Government, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 9 December at 9.15am

Monday 17 November – Friday 21 November 2014

The Chair, Mr Nigel Evans, Mr Adam Holloway, Kelvin Hopkins and Lindsay Roy visited Washington DC, USA, and Ottawa, Canada, in connection with the Committee’s inquiry

into Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges and ongoing interest into Civil Servants and Ministers, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 22 July 2014.

TUESDAY 9 DECEMBER 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Mr Andrew Turner

1. Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of ACOBA Draft Report (Appointment of the Chair of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read. Ordered, That the draft Report and the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report be published with the Second Report of the Committee, HC 759. 2. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges

Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0013 [British Heart Foundation] 3. Civil Service Skills Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CSS0031 [Employment Related Services Association (ESRA)] 4. Accountability of quangos and public bodies Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet: QPD0029 [Environment Agency] 5. Information Commissioner’s Office triennial review The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Professor Dame Sally Davies, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Jon Day CBE, Head, Joint Intelligence Committee, Dr Campbell McCafferty OBE, Director, Civil Contingencies Secretariat, Cabinet Office, and Rear Admiral John Kingwell, Director, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, gave oral evidence. 8. Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of Advisory Committee on Business Appointments The Rt Hon The Baroness Angela Browning gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 15 December at 4.15pm

Thursday 4 December 2014

The Chair visited the Ministry of Defence Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, Shrivenham, in connection with the Committee’s inquiry into Whitehall: capacity to

address future challenges, in accordance with the Committee’s decision of 4 November 2014.

MONDAY 15 DECEMBER 2014

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Kelvin Hopkins Mr Andrew Turner

1. Statistics for the economy and public finances Resolved, That the Committee inquire, and call for written evidence, into Statistics for the economy and public finances. 2. Committee effectiveness The Committee discussed this matter. 3. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman The Committee discussed this matter. 4. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure Resolved, That the Committee inquire, and call for written evidence, into NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure. 5. UK Statistics Authority Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WNS0001[UK Statistics Authority] 6. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Civil Service Skills

Oliver Robbins, Director General for the Civil Service, Cabinet Office, Hilary Spencer, Director, Civil Service Learning, and Chris Last, Head of Civil Service Human Resources, Cabinet Office; and Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 13 January 2015 at 9.15am

TUESDAY 13 JANUARY 2015

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland

1. Specialist Advisers Ordered, That Dr Gillian Stamp be re-appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters related to its inquiries. Dr Stamp had no interests to declare. 2. Crime Statistics Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Crime Statistics be reported to the House for publication on the internet: 11 December 2014 – letter from the Home Secretary to the Chairman 3. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0014 [Jon Day, Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee] 4. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CCF0002 [David Rapp] CCF0007 [PHSO The Facts] CCF0008 [Dr Margaret McCartney] 5. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman The Committee discussed this matter.

6. Forward Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary HM Treasury, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 14 January at 10.15am

WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2015

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland

1. Forward Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 2. The Work of the Chief Executive of the Civil Service John Manzoni, Chief Executive of the Civil Service, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 20 January at 9.15am


Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Mr Andrew Turner

1. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0015 [Norma Cohen] 2. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CCF0011 [Medical Defence Union Ltd] CCF0015 [John Dale] CCF0018 [Mr F Biard] CCF0021 [The Royal College of Anaesthetists] CCF0023 [Action Against Medical Accidents] CCF0024 [Royal College of Physicians] CCF0025 [Verita] 3. Open data

The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Economic statistics

The Committee discussed this matter. 5. The Honours system

The Committee discussed this matter.

6. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Major General Jonathan Shaw, former Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff, Ministry of Defence, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 27 January at 3.15pm


Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Mr Andrew Turner

1. Special Advisers Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Special Advisers be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

The Chair’s letter to Prime Minister, dated 7 January 2015, and the reply from the Cabinet Secretary, dated 20 January 2015. 2. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CCF0026 [Datix Ltd] CCF0027 [Health Foundation] CCF0028 [NHS Providers] CCF0030 [Prof Brian Toft OBE] CCF0033 [Cranfield University] CCF0035 [Rosemary Cantwell] CCF0036 [Katy Peters] CCF0038 [Cardiff University and Wales Centre for Primary and Emergency Care Research] CCF0040 [South West Whistleblowers Health Action Group] CCF0041 [Elizabeth Gould] CCF0044 [Slater and Gordon Lawyers] CCF0045 [Pohwer] CCF0047 [Sands, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity] CCF0049 [NHS Confederation] CCF0050 [Healthwatch England] CCF0051 [Royal College of Nursing] CCF0052 [Kenneth Lownds] CCF0053 [The Patients Association] CCF0054 [Robin Bastin] CCF0055 [Which?] CCF0057 [Care Quality Commission] CCF0061 [Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman] CCF0062 [NHS England] CCF0063 [Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland] CCF0064 [Department of Health] CCF0065 [W Morris] CCF0067 [The Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists] 3. Specialist Adviser

Ordered, that Dr Carl Macrae be appointed Specialist Adviser to assist the Committee in matters related to its inquiry NHS Complaints and Clinical Failures. Dr Macrae’s interests are attached at Appendix 2. 4. Chilcot Inquiry

The Committee discussed this matter. 5. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges


6. Honours


7. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 8. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Rt Hon Oliver Letwin MP, Minister for Government Policy, Cabinet Office, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 3 February at 9.15am

TUESDAY 3 FEBRUARY 2015

Members present:


Paul Flynn Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland

1. Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Whitehall: capacity to address future challenges be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0016 [Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy] 2. Statistics for the economy and public finances Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Statistics for the economy and public finances be reported to the House for publication on the internet: SPF0002 [Peter Jones] SPF0004 [Emer Gallagher] SPF0005 [Academy of Social Sciences] SPF0006 [Bill Wells] SPF0007 [Trades Union Congress] SPF0009 [UK Statistics Authority]

SPF0010 [RPI CPI User Group] 3. Cabinet Office Mid-Year Report The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Special Advisers Ordered, That the following correspondence relating to Special Advisers be reported to the House for publication on the internet: The Chair’s letter to the Attorney General, dated 29 January 2015, and the Prime Minister’s reply to the Chair, dated 2 February 2015. 5. Open data

The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Charity Commission


7. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 8. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failures

Keith Conradi, Chief Inspector of Air Accidents, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, Department for Transport, Dr Mike Durkin, NHS England Director of Patient Safety, NHS England, and Denis Wilkins, Founder of CORESS; Helen Vernon, Chief Executive Officer, NHS Litigation Authority, Professor Brian Toft, Professor of Patient Safety, Coventry University, Michael Devlin, Head of Professional Standards and Liaison, Medical Defence Union, and Ed Marsden, Verita LLP, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 10 February at 9.15am

TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2015

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Greg Mulholland

1. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CCF0042 [Nic Hart] CCF0043 [Minh Alexander] CCF0046 [Medical Protection Society] CCF0056 [Colin N Rock] CCF0066 [John Driskel] CCF0068 [Peggy Banks] CCF0070 [Michael Cole] CCF0071 [Maria Dineen] CCF0074 [Derek Payne] 2. Statistics for the economy and public finances Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Statistics for the economy and public finances be reported to the House for publication on the internet: SPF011 [Royal Statistical Society] SPF012 [Economic and Social Research Council]

3. Whitehall: Capacity to address future challenges The Committee discussed this matter. 4. Migration Statistics The Committee discussed this matter.

5. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 6. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failures

Katherine Murphy, Patients’ Association, Katherine Rake, Healthwatch England, Peter Walsh, Action Against Medical Accidents; and Dame Julie Mellor DBE, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, Professor Sir Mike Richards, Care Quality Commission, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 25 February at 4.15pm

WEDNESDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2015

Members present:


Mr Nigel Evans Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland

1. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CCF0037 [Richard von Abendorff] CCF0059 [Fiona Watts] CCF0087 [Murray Anderson-Wallace, Clare Bowen, Martin Bromiley, Holly Jones, Scott Morrish, Lisa Richards-Everton, Stephen Richards and James Titcombe] 2. Statistics for the economy and public finances Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Statistics for the economy and public finances be reported to the House for publication on the internet: SPF0013 [Ruth Lea] SPF0014 [Diane Coyle] SPF0015 [David B Smith] SPF0016 [Greater London Authority] SPF0017 [HM Treasury] 3. Whitehall: Capacity to address future challenges Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Whitehall: Capacity to address future challenges be reported to the House for publication on the internet: WFC0017 [Ian Richardson] WFC0018 [Royal Statistical Society] 4. Supplementary Estimates Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Supplementary Estimates be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

Note by the Cabinet Office Note by the Charity Commission

5. Comprehensiveness of official statistics The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Liaison Committee The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter. 8. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure

Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Health, gave oral evidence.

[Adjourned till 3 March at 9.15am

TUESDAY 3 MARCH 2015

Members present:


Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore

1. Whitehall: Capacity to address future challenges

Draft Report (Leadership for the long term: Whitehall’s capacity to address future challenges), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report and the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report be published with the Third Report of the Committee, HC 669.

2. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure be reported to the House for publication on the internet: CCF0076 [The East London Patients Forum] CCF0079 [Scott Morrish] CCF0081 [PHSO the Facts] CCF0084 [Ian Alexander] CCF0085 [Heal the Regulators UK-wide Health Campaign] CCF0093 [Kevin Riley] CCF0094 [PHSO the Facts]

3. Statistics for the economy and public finances Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Statistics for the economy and public finances be reported to the House for publication on the internet: SPF0018 [Bank of England] 4. Draft Protection of Charities Bill The Committee discussed this matter. 5. Statistics The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Speaker’s Commission on Digital Democracy The Committee discussed this matter. 7. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter.



Members present:

Mr Bernard Jenkin, in the Chair Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland Mr Andrew Turner 1. Civil Service Skills

Draft Report (Developing Civil Service skills: a unified approach), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report and the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report be published with the Fourth Report of the Committee, HC 112. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to Developing Civil Service skills: a unified approach, be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CSS0005 [The British Psychological Society] CSS0035 [The Cabinet Office] 2. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure The Committee discussed this matter. 3. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter.



Members present:

Mr Bernard Jenkin, in the Chair Mr Nigel Evans Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Kelvin Hopkins Mr Andrew Turner 1. Lessons for Civil Service impartiality from the Scottish independence referendum

Draft Report (Lessons for Civil Service impartiality from the Scottish independence referendum), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report and the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report be published with the Fifth Report of the Committee, HC 111. 2. Who’s accountable? Relationships between Government and arm’s-length bodies Draft Special Report (Who’s accountable? Relationships between Government and arm’s-length bodies: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2014-15), proposed by the Chair, brought up read the first and second time, and agreed to. The Cabinet Office Response to the First Report from the Committee was appended to the Report. Resolved, That the Report be the Sixth Special Report of the Committee to the House. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the House. 3. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure

Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure, be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CCF0010 [Narinder Kapur] CCF0092 [has requested that submission be published anonymously] CCF0095 [PHSO Pressure Group] CCF0100 [has requested that submission be published anonymously] CCF0102 [has requested that submission be published anonymously] CCF0104 [Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA)] CCF0106 [Rosemary Cantwell] CCF0108 [Freedom from Gagging Campaign] CCF0110 [South West Whistleblowers Health Action Group] 4. Statistics for the Economy and Public Finances The Committee discussed this matter. 5. Which? Report on Public service complaints system The Committee discussed this matter.

6. Future Programme The Committee discussed this matter.

[Adjourned till 24 March at 2.00pm


Members present:

Mr Bernard Jenkin, in the Chair Paul Flynn Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore Kelvin Hopkins

Greg Mulholland 1. NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure

Draft Report (Investigating clinical incidents in the NHS), proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report and the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report be published with the Sixth Report of the Committee, HC 886. Ordered, That the following written evidence relating to NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure, be reported to the House for publication on the internet:

CCF0111 [Secretary of State for Health] 2. Our work in the 2010-2015 Parliament 3. Draft Report (Our work in the 2010-2015 Parliament), proposed by the Chair, brought up

and read.

Ordered, That the draft Report and the Formal Minutes relating to the consideration of the Report be published with the Seventh Report of the Committee, HC 1152. 4. Statistics for the Economy and Public Finances Ordered, That correspondence with John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority, be reported to the House for publication on the internet: 5. Institute for Government publications The Committee discussed this matter. 6. Any other business Agreed, That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, written evidence received before the dissolution of Parliament shall be reported to the House for publication.

[The Committee adjourned.

Appendix 1

Declaration of Member’s Interests Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP (Chesham and Amersham) Remunerated employment, office, profession etc Payments from Ipsos MORI, 79-81 Borough Road, London SE1 1FY for completing surveys. £200 received and paid to local charity. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 13 September 2013) Payments from ComRes, Four Millbank, London SW1P 3JA, for completing online surveys: £75 received and paid to local charity. Hours: 15 mins. (Registered 10 April 2013) £75 received and paid to local charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 13 September2013) £75 received and paid to charity. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 24 March 2014) Payments from Civil Service Learning, Sunningdale Park, Larch Avenue, Ascot, SL5 0QE, for speaking at events: Received £150 for talk on 7 February 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 29 April 2013) Received £300 for two lectures on 28 February 2013 and 18 April 2013. Hours: 4 hrs total. (Registered 21 May 2013) Received £150 for speaking at an event on 12 September 2013. Hours: 2 hrs. (Registered 4 October 2013) Payment of £80 received from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8RT, for completing a survey. Payment donated to local charity. Hours: approx 1 hr. (Registered 10 January 2014) Received £150 from Capita Business Services Ltd, 2nd Floor, 17-19 Rochester Row, London SW1P 1LA, for participation in the delivery of a civil service training course. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 24 March 2014) Advisory Board member, GovNet Communications, 22 Long Acre, Covent Garden, London WC2E 9LY (to be registered June 2014) Miscellaneous Trustee and Hon Treasurer of the Parliament Choir. (Registered 11 April 2014) Declaration of Member’s Interests: Mr Nigel Evans (Ribble Valley) Membership of Advisory Board, Kids Count (registered charity number 1138915) Non-pecuniary interest.

Declaration of Member’s Interests: Mr Adam Holloway (Gravesham) Remunerated employment, office, profession etc Lecturer at Defence Academy/Staff College, Wiltshire, undertaking 4 lectures a year for £350 a lecture. (Registered 23 August 2012) January 2013, payment of £350. Hours: 2 hrs plus 4 hrs travel. (Registered 9 September 2013) April 2013, payment of £350. Hours: 2 hrs plus 4 hrs travel. (Registered 9 September 2013) July 2013, payment of £350. Hours: 2 hrs plus 4 hrs travel. (Registered 9 September 2013) Payment of £200 from Daily Mirror, MGN Limited, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AP, for article. Hours: 1 hr. (Registered 6 September 2013) Payment of £350 from Daily Express, The Northern & Shell Building, 10 Lower Thames Street, London EC3R 6EN, for article. Hours: 1.5 hrs. (Registered 6 September 2013)

Appendix 2

Declaration of interests by Specialist Advisers:

WEDNESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2014 Dr Jamie MacIntosh: I wish to declare the following interests:

Professional Memberships

Advisory Council of Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)

First Division Association (FDA)

International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS)

Financial Interests

I am a MoD employee on secondment as Director ISRS, which is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee affiliated to UCL. I am paid for my impartiality as both an academic and a cleared public servant of near 30 years standing.

ISRS funding is only taken on the basis of academic openness and independence. Our largest and longest term financial sponsors are Airbus and Ultra Electronic. The research programme is “undirected”. ISRS does not lobby for any interests.

MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2014 Mr Simon Briscoe I wish to declare the following interests: “I am a member of the RSS and the Society of Business Economists. I am a Trustee of Full Fact. I am deputy chair of the ESRC’s UK Data Service. I am a member of the Open Data User Group. I have no consultancies, relevant shareholdings, trade union or party political memberships, etc which are relevant”

TUESDAY 27 JANUARY 2015 Dr Carl Macrae: I wish to declare the following interests:

o The Health Foundation - research contract to produce a commissioned paper exploring the practicalities of designing an independent safety investigator for healthcare (paid).

o The Health Foundation - advisory contract to support the development of the ‘5,000 safety fellows’ initiative (paid).

o NHS England - advisory contract on patient safety: to support scoping the options for redesigning the National Reporting and Learning System; provide advice on the ’Safety Action for England’ (SAFE) pilot project which will support NHS trusts to improve safety. May also include providing technical advice on the NHS England pilot project of the Patient Safety Investigation Branch (paid - contract to be finalised shortly)

o NHS England - Expert steering group member, Patient Safety Investigation Branch pilot project (unpaid).

o BMJ Group - patient safety content advisor for an online patient safety resource centre (paid)

o Haelo, based at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust - measurement and monitoring of safety by boards research project (paid - contract to be finalised shortly)

o University of Leicester - safer clinical systems research project writing up papers (paid - contract to be finalised shortly)

o Stocks and shares ISA portfolio includes a small holding in a US healthcare equipment manufacturer - Intuitive Surgical, valued at around $1,000 or £660

Documents

Formal Minutes of the Committee - parliament.uk · Mrs Cheryl Gillan Sheila Gilmore . Kelvin Hopkins Greg Mulholland . Lindsay Roy Mr Andrew Turner . 1. Civil Service impartiality