Executive NDPB Management Statements
1. A management statement is required for all executive NDPBs. It is a key document
which defines the nature of the relationship between the Department and the NDPB at a
strategic level.
2. Management statements should be published. Ideally they should be self-contained,
but bodies may wish to cross-refer to existing material, such as a financial memorandum or
founding legislation as sources of further information. Management statements must be
agreed by the Minister in the sponsor Department before being introduced.
3. As a result of changes recommended in Stage 2 of the review, an NDPB’s
management statement may need to change, sometimes substantially.
4. No two management statements will be exactly the same but they should all cover:
 | the role of the body; its organisation; the respective roles of the Chairman, board
members, the Chief Executive and Ministers; the relationship with the sponsor department;
a framework of accountability;
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| aims and objectives reflecting those objectives set out in the Departmental Public
Service Agreement;
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| arrangements for agreeing with the sponsor department the NDPB’s business and
corporate plans, which should cover strategic objectives and the key performance measures;
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| other arrangements for financial planning and control, including the financial regime
within which the body will operate; audit; monitoring of performance against targets;
financial authorities and delegations;
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| arrangements for recruitment, pay, grading and other personnel management
responsibilities; staff relations;
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| arrangements for consulting customers;
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| arrangements for publishing its Annual Report and Accounts and for reporting on
performance against key targets; and
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| arrangements for reviewing the management statement, and the body’s Code; and the
timing of the next quinquennial review.
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