Sir Chris Wormald , Department of Health & Social Care Head of UK Policy Profession

1 About me

Civil Service lifer: . 15 years . 2 years Local Government and Regeneration . 3 years . 4 years Permanent Secretary Department for Education . 3 years Permanent Secretary Department of Health

2 Public service policy over the same period:

. Privatisation/contracting . Entitlements out . Open public services . Agencies . Austerity/efficiency . Citizens charter . Autonomy and . Choice & quasi-markets accountability & transparency . New public Management . Devolution . Deliverology/delivery chains/PSAs

3 The Policy Profession is …

. 20,000 civil servants . Inclusive . Cooperative effort . Levy funded . Focuses on: - How we advise on policy - How we train and develop policy makers

. Central support from a 10 person Policy Profession Unit

4 History of the Policy Profession

2006 - 10 2010 - 12 2012 Professional Skills for Reform = Government programme Coalition professions established a Sector Skills government & agenda; Chris Council and National School Civil Service Wormald starts as of Government reform Head of Profession

2016 2015 2014 2013 Executive Development of Early iteration of the Masters launched 201 professional Professional with LSE standards Standards.3 Commission for Masters.

2017 2018 2019 Development of More Apprenticeships; Piloting of the professional Policy more qualifications; standards – development apprenticeship – first 12 Actions review; of apprenticeship cohort of 109 started Future of the in September Profession

5 What we do

. Events . Qualifications . Standards . Networks . Policy tools . Build partnerships . Nationally . Internationally . Signposting/Stealing

6 “International Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index, 2019” Policy making Top 5 Country Rank “This indicator has 4 themes: the quality of Finland 1 policy advice; the Denmark 2 degree of strategic UK 3 planning; the Canada 4 coordination of policy New Zealand 5 proposals across government; and the “The policy making scores for all degree of policy countries in this top 5 table are very monitoring during close. The UK’s and Canada’s scores implementation.” are highest out of the top 5 on the quality of policy advice theme, while Finland’s and Denmark’s scores are highest on strategic planning…”

7 “International Civil Service Effectiveness (InCiSE) Index, 2019” UK policy making scores UK overall results of the 2019 InCiSE Index

8 “Twelve Actions to Professionalise Policy Making” October 2013

1. Transform the role of Heads of Policy Profession. Each is accountable for raising standards and driving improvement in their department and contributing to Civil Service-wide action to professionalise policy making

2. Enhance policy profession support; a strengthened Policy Profession Board, funded by a levy on departments; build a service- wide policy community

3. Regular communication with policy officials; focus on professional development

4. Each department to adopt policy standards, and quality assurance against those standards

5. Department HoPPs to make improvement systems transparent and subject to HoPP peer review

6. Departmental HoPPs to champion Open Policy Making

7. Overhaul policy induction for new entrants

8. All policy officials to take responsibility for developing their own skills and expertise, linked to appraisals

9. Transform the development of policy Grade 7 - SCS 1; more post graduate qualifications

10. High potential Directors working on policy making to become a Civil Service-wide talent pool

11. Review and improve knowledge management practices

12. Assess the implementation and impact of Twelve Actions to Professionalise Policy Making

9 What has worked / what hasn’t worked

Improvements Made Work in progress

• Governance and collective ownership • Showing the big picture – communicating • A framework for professional across the profession development (collectively developed) • Increase policy tools and techniques • Knowledge sharing programmes across guidance and usage government (particularly at senior levels • Developing mid career accredited and across the UK) learning • Accredited learning • Building policy careers beyond Whitehall • 3/4 identify with and are proud of policy and the civil service being their profession (more • Building relationships with academics departmentally…) • Engagement at senior levels • What works networks The Policy Environment

. Changing environment – climate change, demography etc . Digital, Data, and Technology (including negative changes) . Policy and operations . Responding to democratic change . Policy making for the whole country . UK’s place in the world

11 What is policy?

Analysis Politics/ Democracy Policy Excellence

Policy delivery

12 A profession that is…

OPEN PROFESSIONAL CONSISTENT … to new ideas, techniques, … by sharing knowledge and … through the development of voices, ways of working, experience, effectively building our professional standards clearly community of practice through linked to careers and accredited insights, evidence and networks and continuous professional development expertise improvement • Four Nations: 80 – 100 civil Induction: servants at the yearly conference • Apprenticeship: First cohort in Professional Standards: 2018. 109 policy apprentices have •500 people worked together to •International relationships started in departments develop the Policy Profession • Fast Stream policy Basecamp: 403 Standards •Peer review: Fast Streamers since pilot in July 2016 •Departments established “Policy • collective ownership Tests” in 2014 • Stealing with pride Learning: • More than 35,000 civil servants have Diversity & Inclusion •Academic partnership: accessed policy core curriculum products •Diversity of thought •Other government professions: • Knowledge Sharing: Over 30 events •Diversity of representation e.g. Operational Delivery and per year •Policy Excellence Group: 100-200 Continuous improvements Project Delivery professions senior policy officials explore critical •Level 1 self assessment tool issues •Policy Lab •Level 2 accreditation •Development of new modules Executive Masters in Public Policy: (e.g. Behavioural Government •Behavioural Insight •Four cohorts since 2015 masterclass) •111 candidates •Digital

13 Open…

80–100 civil International servants at relationships the yearly . EMPP: 4 conference Academic cohorts since Four partnership Nations 2015. Total Events 111 candidates designed to . Fellowships . Joint events bring people Other Peer together government Review and share professions E.g. . Operational tools that . Collective Delivery work . Project ownership Policy Digital Delivery . Steal with pride Lab

Behavioural What Insight Works centres

14 Consistent… 2014 2018 Yes - it's my main profession 59% 81% SURVEY Yes - it's one of my professions 21% Do you consider No - I work in policy but don't yourself part of consider myself part of the 15% 13% the Policy profession Profession? No - I am part of another profession 3% 3% No - I am not part of any profession 1% 1% Not sure - 2.59%

Approx. 4,500 handed out at the Professional2018 Civil Service Departmental Diversity Continuous Live Standards Standards / Tests & Inclusion improvements

. About 500 people . Departments . Two strategies: . Level 1 self assessment worked together established - - Diversity of tool to develop the own “Policy thoughts . Level 2 accreditation Policy Profession Tests” in 2014 - - Diversity of Standards representation . Development of new modules (e.g. Behavioural Government masterclass)

15 Policy Tests - Education

16 Policy Tests - Health

The six policy tests

I = Imagination G = Goals E = Evidence A = Audiences R = Relevance S = Success

17 Professional …

Induction Learning Executive Masters in . Apprenticeship: First cohort in 2018. 109 . More than 35,000 civil servants Public Policy policy apprentices have accessed policy core have started in curriculum products departments . Knowledge Sharing: Over 30 . Four cohorts since . Fast Stream policy events per year 2015 Basecamp: 403 Fast . Policy Excellence Group: . 111 candidates since Streamers since pilot in 100-200 senior policy officials 2015 July 2016 explore critical issues The professional standards framework Policy EVIDENCE Making in Your Policy Futures, Area Foresight Statistics & & Horizon Data Analysis Scanning

Science & Policy Technology Framing

Economics

20 Advising, POLITICS & Briefing and DEMOCRACY Working Drafting Internationally Working with & Exiting the European Parliament Union

Devolution Finance

Stakeholder Management

21 Understanding the Delivery DELIVERY Context & Effective Implementation Planning Programme Communicating & Project with Influence Management

User Centred Design, Digital & Commercial Behavioural Insights Evaluation

22 PP2025: Future policy excellence

POLICY CUSTOMER CONTEXT PEOPLE MAKING S SYSTEM

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

23 The future…

. Delivering Policy Profession 2025 (Aligned with wider CS direction) . Stronger relationships with Operational Delivery Profession . Embedding the Policy Profession Standards . Understanding more about the members of the profession . Widening our accredited learning offer . Expanding our knowledge sharing programme . Diversity and Inclusion strategies . More on policy systems

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