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Devolution toolkit

Guidance and advice for civil servants working with devolved administrations.

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A devolution toolkit

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This toolkit has been designed for civil servants who work in UK Government departments. It gives advice on how you may best work with colleagues in the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

There are aspects of this toolkit that may also be useful for civil servants working in devolved administrations.

It provides helpful guidelines and examples of best practice, to help you share information in a timely and appropriate manner.

Updates to this page

Published 10 September 2015
Last updated 3 January 2017 + show all updates
  1. This is a new version of the toolkit, updated to reflect constitutional changes since publication of the first version in September 2015.

  2. First published.

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