Sir Chris Wormald introduces the 22nd edition of Civil Service Quarterly. The lead item is a new interview with Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service Sir Mark Sedwill, while other articles focus on subjects ranging from the National Security Council, a decade after its creation, to how UK Research and Innovation is changing the way research is funded.
Trying to shift the nation’s attitudes to healthcare is an important, but difficult task. Civil Service Quarterly interviewed Duncan Selbie, who has a key role to play as Chief Executive of Public Health England. “I’ll tell you a story by …
Pete Thompson is Deputy Chief Executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, a government agency that applies science and technology to the defence and security of the UK. How did he get there? I’ve had a varied and interesting …
What cars will we be driving tomorrow? Richard Bruce, Head of the Office for Low Emission Vehicles, thinks he knows the answer. Did you know that for a number of years in the early 20th century New York City had …
Ten years after 23 untrained and inexperienced cockle pickers were drowned at Morecambe Bay, Paul Fearn of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority tells how the organisation continues to tackle the exploitation of workers, and how the recent move of the organisation …
On 18-19 January the Foreign Office invited coders to explore what they could do with the FCO's 50+ datasets released as part of the Transparency Agenda.
The Government proposes laws. Civil servants help turn those ideas into reality. Wally Ford from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport talks about one particularly high-profile example. In September 2011 the Government announced plans to make marriages between same …
Wellbeing is the subject of increasing attention from policy makers and Parliamentarians, says Lisa Ollerhead of the Analysis and Insights Team in Cabinet Office. The 2012 Olympics and Paralympics were a great success for our athletes. But what difference did …
I have long been interested in the idea of giving more weight to wellbeing analysis in developing Government policies and services. While securing balanced economic recovery remains the Government’s overarching priority, interest in the broader wellbeing of the country continues …
Thinking good thoughts isn’t enough. Chris Mullin, Deputy Director, Cabinet Office’s Implementation Unit, describes how he and his colleagues are working with departments to get things done. In the spring of 2012, implementation was hailed, depending on where people were …
Sir Peter Housden, Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government, gives his perspective on public services in Scotland. We are currently in a rich period of organisational reform. The Civil Service Reform Plan is redrawing relationships within and between departments in …
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