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The Spending Review
From Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
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The Spending Review 2020 – 2022 aims to maintain the momentum that has been developed since 2017 in subjecting programmes / policy areas to critical assessment on a rolling basis.
In a change from the approach adopted from 2017 – 2019, the scope of the Spending Review 2020 – 2022 is being broadened to encompass policy analysis and evaluation in support of the service-wide agenda of evidence-informed policy making in addition to the focus on expenditure re-prioritisation in the context of the Budget.
This approach, which will support a broader range of Spending Review topics, will further aligned the process with the IGEES Medium Term Strategy and to the current Public Service Reform Programme, Our Public Service 2020.
- further embed a culture of evaluation across the Civil Service
- an evidence base to support government decision making
- enhanced communication of Spending Review output
- increased engagement across all departments in policy analysis and evaluation
- maximise the role of IGEES across the Civil Service by embedding IGEES output across the policy lifecycle
- embedding an ongoing evaluation culture across the Civil Service
- facilitating engagement of all departments in critically reviewing the efficiency, effectiveness and impact of spending
- maximising the role of IGEES across the Civil Service by embedding IGEES output as a key part of the Budgetary process
- providing clear options for Government to reform, negotiate and/or re-prioritise spending in an evidenced-based manner
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