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Departmental Improvement Plans

Departmental Improvement Plans set out what departments will do to ensure their long-term health and success.

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 18 June 2013
• Last updated: 23 March 2015 — See all updates

Departmental Improvement Plans set out what departments will do to ensure the long term health and success of the department. They are designed to be a useful tool to help departments focus on priorities for improvement.

The model is based on ensuring that plans are:

• owned by departmental boards
• tailored to meet departmental needs but with core elements linked to departmental operational/business plans
• annually assessed

Departmental Improvement Plans replaced Capability Reviews which were first developed in 2005 and refreshed in 2009. A pilot exercise was conducted from October 2012 to June 2013 and resulted in the publication of Departmental Improvement Plans for: Department for Communities and Local Government, Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and HM Revenue and Customs.

Since summer 2013, the new model of Departmental Improvement Plans has been rolled out across government. All government departments are expected to publish their Improvement Plans by April 2014 and these will be made available here, along with the plans from departments that participated in the pilot exercise.

Read the Crown Prosecution Service Improvement Plan.

2014

• HM Revenue and Customs Departmental Improvement Plan: 2014
  • 23 March 2015
  • Corporate report
• Department for Communities and Local Government Improvement Plan 2014
  • 31 October 2014
  • Corporate report
• Department for Business, Innovation and Skills improvement plan: March 2014
  • 27 March 2014
  • Corporate report
• Department for Culture, Media and Sport improvement plan: March 2014
  • 30 April 2014
  • Corporate report
• DfE departmental improvement plan
  • 18 June 2014
  • Corporate report
• Defra Improvement Plan
  • 27 March 2014
  • Policy paper
• Department of Energy and Climate Change: Improvement Plan 2014
  • 30 April 2014
  • Corporate report
• Department of Health Improvement Plan: April 2014
  • 10 April 2014
  • Corporate report
• DfT departmental improvement plan
  • 30 April 2014
  • Corporate report
• DWP Departmental Improvement Plan 2014
  • 27 March 2014
  • Corporate report
• Cabinet Office Departmental Improvement Plan
  • 6 March 2014
  • Policy paper
• Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2014 Departmental Improvement Plan
  • 21 July 2014
  • Corporate report
• Home Office Improvement Plan
  • 6 February 2014
  • Policy paper
• MOD Departmental Improvement Plan
  • 27 March 2014
  • Corporate report
• Ministry of Justice Improvement Plan: April 2014
  • 30 April 2014
  • Corporate report

2013

• Department for Communities and Local Government Improvement Plan
  • 12 June 2013
  • Corporate report
• DFID Departmental Improvement Plan
  • 20 August 2014
  • Corporate report
• Foreign & Commonwealth Office Departmental Improvement Plan
  • 18 June 2013
  • Corporate report
• HM Revenue and Customs Departmental Improvement Plan
  • 5 June 2013
  • Corporate report

Published 18 June 2013
Last updated 23 March 2015 + show all updates

1. 23 March 2015

   Published HM Revenue and Customs Departmental Improvement Plan: 2014

2. 31 October 2014

   Added Department for Communities and Local Government Improvement Plan 2014.

3. 22 July 2014

   Added a link to Foreign & Commonwealth Office departmental improvement plan.

4. 18 June 2014

   Added departmental improvement plan for the Department for Education (DfE).

5. 30 April 2014

   Added Departmental Improvement Plans for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Department for Energy and Climate Change and Department for Transport.

6. 30 April 2014

   Ministry of Justice Improvement Plan: April 2014 published

7. 10 April 2014

   Department of Health Improvement Plan: April 2014 added.

8. 28 March 2014

   Added MoD and CPS plans.

9. 27 March 2014

   Added Departmental Improvement Plan for Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Defra and Department for Work and Pensions.

10. 6 March 2014

    Added Departmental Improvement Plan for Cabinet Office

11. 7 February 2014

    Added Departmental Improvement Plan for Home Office.

12. 18 June 2013

    First published.