Government Departments: Bureaucracy
Lords · Question HL16378 · Tabled 14 Apr 2026 · Attorney General · Official record
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Ministerial Statement by Lord Hermer on 26 March (HLWS1472), when the new departmental accountability framework will be introduced; who will assess departmental performance against those new framewor
Answer
Answered by Lord Hermer, 27 Apr 2026
The new departmental accountability framework has been launched to permanent secretaries for the year 2026-27 and they have started to set objectives against it. The Cabinet Office, led by the Cabinet Secretary, will be responsible for assessing departmen...