“I think it was a very good, brave move to make capability reviews public, and we’ll stick with them”.
Francis Maude, Minister for Cabinet Office, Paymaster General, Civil Service World, April 2010
“There has been considerable effort, particularly in central government, to increase the competence, skills and leadership of senior public managers. Capability reviews, to monitor the performance of central government departments, for instance, have provided a new kind of assessment of Whitehall”.
The Guardian, Wednesday 16 December 2009,
“The programme is a significant step forward in how government departments are assessed. To have publicly available commentary, sometimes critical, of important aspects of departments’ capability is an initiative of great value, with real potential as a driver for improvement. It is vital that the programme becomes permanently embedded and is developed in line with this report’s recommendations”.
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, Assessment of the Capability Review Programme Forty-fifth Report of Session 2008-09
News and press releases by year
2009
- Whitehall set for future challenges, 14 December
- Sir Gus O’Donnell Audit Commission speech, 16 July
- Making Government work better, June
2008
2007
- Capable Leaders, 26 November
- Cabinet Secretary publishes fourth tranche of Capability Reviews, 22 June
- Cabinet Secretary publishes third tranche of Capability Reviews, 27 March
- Capability Reviews announced for three more departments, 6 February
2006
- Strengthening the Civil Service: Cabinet Secretary publishes second wave of Capability Reviews and establishes Civil Service Steering Board, 13 December
- Capability Reviews announced for five more departments, 3 August
- Publication of first Capability Reviews steps up Civil Service Reform, 19 July
- Capability Reviews announce for a further three departments, 5 April
- Cabinet Secretary announces new Code and first Capability Reviews for a dynamic Civil Service, 27 January