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Code of practice on written consultation

The Code of Practice
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Responses to the consultation on the Code

The Code of Practice on Written Consultation will set new standards for consultation documents issued by the government.  It emphasises the need for dialogue on proposals to be as wide-ranging as possible - including difficult to reach groups - at the same time minimising the burned consultation imposes on them, and giving them a adequate time to prepare responses: a standard minimum period of 12 weeks.

The Code follows an evaluation which showed variable standards of consultations across Whitehall, and a report of the Neill Committee which called for a document of this sort to underpin the integrity of the process of government decision making.

It applies to all public national consultation documents issued by UK departments and agencies and places a number of requirements on departments and agencies.

For further information, please contact:

Paul Greening, Consultation Policy Team, Modernising Public Services Group, Cabinet Office, Room 3.16, Admiralty Arch The Mall, London SW1A 2WH
Tel: 020 7276 1729 Fax: 020 7276 1705
email: pgreening@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk

 

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