Efficiency and Reform Group

Efficiency, Reform and Growth
Abbreviation ERG
Formation May 2010
Headquarters Within HM Treasury building, 1 Horse Guards Road
Region served
 United Kingdom
Minister responsible
 The Rt Hon. Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office
Department executives

Stephen Kelly, Chief Operating Officer for Government

Richard Heaton, CB, Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary
Parent organization
 Cabinet Office
Formerly called
 The Efficiency and Reform Group

The Efficiency and Reform Group (ERG), established in 2010, is part of the Cabinet Office which works in partnership with HM Treasury to form the corporate centre for UK Government.[1] Its objectives are to reform the way government works and to support the transformation of government services by driving cost savings and focusing on growth.[2]

ERG works collaboratively with government departments to identify common areas for savings. It aims to help government departments to deliver at least £20bn of efficiencies in the financial year 2014-15.[3]

People

Minister for Cabinet Office, Francis Maude
Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, Chloe Smith
Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd
Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, Chloe Smith and Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd

The group is led by the Chief Operating Officer for Government, Stephen Kelly.[4] Stephen has joined the Cabinet Office with private sector experience gained in a variety of FTSE 100 companies.

The group reports, through the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office, Richard Heaton,[5] to the Minister for Cabinet Office, Francis Maude,[6] as well as to the Minister for Political and Constitutional Reform, Chloe Smith and the Minister for Civil Society, Nick Hurd,[7][8] who have specific responsibilities for parts of ERG work.

ERG also work closely with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander.[9]

Ways of working

ERG works to achieve these savings in five different clusters:

  1. Corporate - implementing management information and spending controls and developing the next wave of efficiencies.[10]
  2. Efficiency - helping government act together as one customer to lower expense.[11]
  3. Growth - ensuring all of government acts with one plan and seeking opportunities to stimulate UK growth.
  4. Projects - to ensure the success of government’s most significant projects.[12]
  5. Transformation - transforming public services by delivering digital change and new commercial models.[13][14][15][16]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Efficiency and Reform Group Cabinet Office
  2. ↑ The Efficiency and Reform Group’s role in improving public sector value for money National Audit Office
  3. ↑ Hold our feet to the fire over efficiency in government The Guardian 6 November 2012
  4. ↑ Stephen Kelly succeeds Ian Watmore as government chief operating officer The Guardian 18 September 2012
  5. ↑ Richard Heaton becomes part-time Cabinet Office permanent secretary The Guardian 6 August 2012
  6. ↑ Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office Cabinet Office
  7. ↑ Chloe Smith, Parliamentary Secretary Cabinet Office
  8. ↑ Nick Hurd, Minister for Civil Society Cabinet Office
  9. ↑ Chief Secretary to the Treasury: Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP HM Treasury
  10. ↑ Cabinet Office Controls Guidance Cabinet Office
  11. ↑ Government Procurement Service website
  12. ↑ Major Projects Authority Cabinet Office
  13. ↑ "Civil Service Reform Plan" (PDF). June 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  14. ↑ Liam Maxwell: user need underpins the government's digital-by-default strategy The Guardian 14 November 2012
  15. ↑ "Government Digital Strategy" (PDF). November 2012. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  16. ↑ Government Digital Service official webpage

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