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The Prime Minister has annnounced new plans to hand power to the public with every department publishing a plan that sets clear priorities and measureable milestones.

These Structural Reform Plans (SRPs) mean anyone can check that departments meet their commitments.

SRPs are the key tool of the Coalition Government for making departments accountable for the implementation of the reforms set out in the Coalition Agreement. They replace the old, top-down systems of targets and central micromanagement.

Launching the plans today, the Prime Minister said:

“We want to replace the old system of bureaucratic accountability with a new system of democratic accountability – accountability to the people, not the government machine. We want to turn government on its head, taking power away from Whitehall and putting it into the hands of people and communities. We want to give people the power to improve our country and public services, through transparency, local democratic control, competition and choice.”

Below is a list of department SRPs published so far. The pdfs are a temporary measure and the data will be presented in a single location in a more open format at a later date:

• Cabinet Office SRPs (pdf, 218kb)
• Department for Communities and Local Government SRPs (pdf, 137kb)
• Department for Education SRPs (pdf, 107kb)

The plans are published in draft until the results of the Spending Review are known. When finalised, they will become part of each department’s business plan and will be updated annually.

Read the transcript: PM’s speech  at Civil Service Live

Tags: civil service, spending review, structural reform