Written evidence to the public administration and constitutional affairs committee inquiry: cross government working

Description

This written submission focusses on a specific area outlined in the Committee’s call for evidence: What effective cross government looks like and how it might be achieved. More specifically, it argues that effective cross government working requires both horizontal co-ordination across government departments and jurisdictions and vertical co-ordination between Whitehall and sub-national governance structures. We advocate for effective cross-government working nationally to promote systems thinking across the whole governance system and set out four areas below that might assist. The views expressed are drawn from a major United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) project - ‘Tackling the root causes upstream of unhealthy urban development’ (TRUUD, 2019-2024, £6.7m), which is examining how Whitehall and England’s devolved structures can co-create healthy urban development by taking a systems approach to policy design and implementation.

Period	2023
Work for	Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, UK United Kingdom
Degree of Recognition	National