Collection

Government Functional Standards Guidance documentation

This collection page brings together the requirements and guidance documentation for the functional standards GovS 001: Government functions

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 30 September 2024

The guidance on this page has been split into separate collections each for different users of functional standards:

• Standard managers
• Senior leaders in government organisations
• Other guidance

Standard managers

• Handbook for Standard managers - Developing, managing and maintaining functional standards
  • 30 September 2024
• Conventions for functional standard naming, numbering, versioning and status
  • 30 September 2024
• Quality criteria for reviewing a standard
  • 30 September 2024
• Checklist: undertaking a major or periodic review
  • 30 September 2024
• Checklist: Publishing a standard on GOV.UK
  • 30 September 2024
• Checklist: developing a continuous improvement assessment framework
  • 30 September 2024
• Functional Standards writing style guide
  • 30 September 2024
• Functional Standards Common Glossary
  • 26 September 2024
  • Guidance

Senior leaders in organisations

• Guide to continuous improvement against functional standards
  • 16 July 2021
• Guide to functional standards
  • 19 May 2021
• Guide to governance and management frameworks
  • 30 September 2024
  • Guidance

Other guidance

• Guide to continuous improvement against functional standards
  • 16 July 2021

Published 30 September 2024