Prime Minister's Delivery Unit

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The Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit was established in June 2001 to monitor progress on and strengthen the British Government’s capacity to deliver its key priorities across education, health, crime and transport. The Unit reports to the Prime Minister through the Head of the Civil Service (the Cabinet Secretary).

It is headed by the Prime Minister’s Chief Adviser on Delivery, who was initially Professor Michael Barber. He left in mid-2005 and was replaced by Ian Watmore, the head of the Cabinet Office Delivery and Transformation Group, in January 2006. Following Ian departure in mid 2007, Ray Shostak CBE was appointed to the lead the unit.

The Unit works in partnership with the HM Treasury, 10 Downing Street, the Cabinet Office and stakeholder departments within the Government of the United Kingdom, to assess delivery and provide performance management for the Government's top public priorities.