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Here: March 2018 the CIVIL SERVICE, Quarterly.Blog.Gov.Uk #Csquarterly BREXIT and BEYOND Issue 16 FEATURE Subscribe for free here: March 2018 THE CIVIL SERVICE, quarterly.blog.gov.uk #CSQuarterly BREXIT AND BEYOND FROM ASDA TO BELMARSH – HOW GOVERNMENT IS ATTRACTING THE BEST PRISON OFFICERS ROBOTS LEND GOVERNMENT A HELPING HAND 2 CIVIL SERVICE QUARTERLY CIVIL SERVICE QUARTERLY 3 Issue 16 – March 2018 Issue 16 – March 2018 CONTENTS THE CIVIL SERVICE, BREXIT AND BEYOND Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service 5 CROSSING THE ‘VALLEY OF DEATH’ Tony Meggs, Chief Executive of the Infrastructure and 10 Projects Authority (IPA) CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY AND A CAN-DO Interview with Andrea Siodmok, Deputy Director, Policy Lab 15 CULTURE – THE LAB COLLECTIVE THE NEW ZEALAND POLICY PROJECT Andrew Kibblewhite, Head of Policy Profession, 18 New Zealand Government PARLIAMENT AND THE CIVIL SERVICE Rt Hon. Andrea Leadsom MP, Leader of the House of Commons 22 FROM ASDA TO BELMARSH – Mark Adam, Prison Officer Recruitment Programme Director, 26 HOW GOVERNMENT IS ATTRACTING Ministry of Justice THE BEST PRISON OFFICERS ROBOTS LEND GOVERNMENT James Merrick-Potter, Cabinet Office Robotic Automation Unit, 31 A HELPING HAND and Daniella Chrysochou, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Centre of Excellence WHY INNOVATION IS THE KEY Mike Biddle, Programme Director, Innovate UK 34 TO GROWING THE UK ECONOMY LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION – UKGI Digital Land Team 38 TAPPING THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF GEOSPATIAL DATA ACCELERATING INNOVATION Heather-Fiona Egan, Defence and Security Accelerator 42 IN DEFENCE AND SECURITY Civil Service Quarterly opens CONTACT US EDITORIAL BOARD up the Civil Service to greater [email protected] Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary, collaboration and challenge, Room 140, 70 Whitehall, Department of Health (chair) showcases excellence and invites London, SW1A 2AS discussion. If the Civil Service is to Oliver Dowden, Minister for Implementation be truly world-leading, it needs to Read the magazine online Alex Aiken, Executive Director, collaborate more, learn from experts and subscribe for free – Government Communications quarterly.blog.gov.uk outside the Civil Service, listen more David Halpern, Chief Executive, to the public and front-line staff EDITORIAL TEAM Behavioural Insights Team and respond to new challenges with Clare Moriarty, Permanent Secretary, Adam Thorndike, Cabinet Office innovation and boldness. Department for Environment, Food and [email protected] Any civil servant can write for Rural Affairs Civil Service Quarterly – contact Simon Holder, Cabinet Office Sir Richard Lambert, Chairman, [email protected] [email protected] Board of Trustees, British Museum Aine Collins, Cabinet Office Cover photo: ©Crown copyright John Pullinger, National Statistician [email protected] and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Thanks to Lily Clayton, Authority Department of Health Sam Beckett, Joint Head, Government Economic Service MEDIA CONTACT Charles Roxburgh, Director General, Suzannah Brookner, Cabinet Office Financial Services, HM Treasury suzannah.brookner@cabinetoffice. Jill Rutter, Programme Director, gov.uk The GCS Design Centre Institute for Government DESIGN BY DESIGN102 Philip Rycroft, Permanent Secretary, Contact us at: Department for Exiting the European [email protected] Union, and Head of UK Governance Group, www.design102.co.uk Cabinet Office 2 CIVIL SERVICE QUARTERLY CIVIL SERVICE QUARTERLY 3 Issue 16 – March 2018 Issue 16 – March 2018 EDITORIAL Civil Service Quarterly 16 and preparing the country for of new prison officers is close a new partnership with our to meeting its objectives ahead European partners and a new of time and under budget. global role for the UK outside Mark Adam from the Ministry of the EU. Justice charts the progress of the There is much that an open campaign and what lies behind Civil Service can learn from its success. its counterparts overseas, and The Digital Land Team from of much that they can learn from UKGI look at the collaborative us. In this spirit, and as Head work that led to the creation of the Policy Profession in the of the Geospatial Commission. UK Civil Service, I welcome This new body will support the the article from Andrew exploitation of the huge potential Kibblewhite, my equivalent in in geospatial data – information New Zealand, on their Policy about location and place – to Project for improving capability fuel new businesses and better in policy development and public services implementation. James Merrick-Potter and The subject of the CSQ Daniella Chrysochou consider elcome to this 16th Interview, Andrea Siodmok, the efficiency benefits that edition of Civil Service speaks about an approach to the robots and robotics can bring to WQuarterly. design and delivery of policy in public services and what is being In this edition, we cover a wide areas such as homelessness and done to accelerate the take-up range of issues: from Brexit crime reduction that is based on of robotic process automation preparations to a dynamic new exploration and experimentation. (RPA) across government. approach to policy development; As Deputy Director of Policy Lab Finally, a pair of articles look and from the use of robotics in the Cabinet Office, Andrea at support through the Industrial in government to new ways of leads the ambitious cross- Strategy Research Fund and the stimulating innovation in industry government work to support Defence and Security Accelerator and science to support UK the 17,000 policy-makers in (DASA) for creating solutions economic growth and enhance government with cutting-edge to some of the big economic our defence and security. tools and practices. and defence challenges of the All have something to say How to bridge the gap between 21st century. on how the Civil Service works developing a policy and putting now and the opportunities to it into practice – the so-called be grasped and challenges met ‘Valley of Death’ – is the focus for in order to make it the best civil Tony Meggs, Chief Executive of service in the world. the Infrastructure and Projects Our lead article is from Cabinet Authority. Secretary and Head of the We are also fortunate to have Civil Service Jeremy Heywood. an article from Andrea Leadsom In CSQ12 (October 2016) he MP, Leader of the House of wrote about the immediate Commons. She underlines Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Civil Service response to the how vital is the interaction Secretary, Department of Health result of the referendum on UK between Parliament and the membership of the European Civil Service and the importance Union. Now, as we move ever of civil servants having the closer to withdrawal from the EU, skills to support ministers on he describes the indispensable parliamentary business. contribution of civil servants to Just over a year after its launch, moving the negotiations forward a campaign to recruit thousands Let us know what you think by email ([email protected]) or on Twitter #CSQuarterly 4 CIVIL SERVICE QUARTERLY Issue 16 – March 2018 CIVIL SERVICE QUARTERLY 5 Issue 16 – March 2018 THE CIVIL SERVICE, BREXIT AND BEYOND Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service ne year after the Government triggered OArticle 50, and a year to go until the UK’s departure from the European Union, this is a perfect opportunity to reflect on the progress made by the Civil Service in delivering on the EU referendum result and to look at the challenges ahead. There are few, if any, peace- time precedents for the scale and complexity of the constitutional and organisational challenge of withdrawing from the EU. Brexit is therefore a major test of the Civil Service’s ability to adapt and change. I believe 6 CIVIL SERVICE QUARTERLY Issue 16 – March 2018 we are rising effectively to that EU (WITHDRAWAL) BILL This vital Bill is now making its challenge and providing critical way through Parliament. It is an support to the Government. Since All of this has required extensive integral piece in the jigsaw that I last wrote in these pages, much and often rapid work, from will ensure that the UK’s statute has been achieved in supporting providing creative legal and book functions properly after the Government to negotiate policy advice to support the Brexit. Brexit and prepare the country formal negotiations in Brussels, Producing the EU (Withdrawal) for life after we have left. to reassuring stakeholders in the Bill is also a great example of We have come a long way UK, Europe and beyond about the effective cross-departmental since Article 50 was triggered our approach and operational collaboration that has on 29 March 2017, and the recent planning on the new customs and characterised the Civil Service’s decision by the European Council immigration systems after we leave. support for the Government on to welcome the agreement One concrete example of Brexit. Even more people across reached with the European this high-quality work is the government will be involved Commission on parts of the European Union (Withdrawal) in putting it into practice. draft Withdrawal Agreement Bill, introduced in July last year. legal text marks another One of the most significant STRONG TRADITION critical milestone along the pieces of legislation ever way to exit. The deal reached proposed to Parliament, its Assessing how to incorporate will protect our economic and passage will mark the end of the over 40 years of European law security cooperation over the supremacy of EU law in the UK. into domestic law is complicated. coming period and ensure At the same time, it is designed The work on this, led by the a smooth transition into our to ensure that the UK exits the Department for Exiting the future partnership with the EU. EU with the maximum certainty European Union (DExEU), which Cruicially, it will give businesses and continuity – so that, as far did not even exist 20 months ago, and citizens the time they need as possible, the same rules and has delivered objective policy to prepare for our departure.
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