Policy paper

Annex B: wider guidance

Published 27 January 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

The following general guidance documents and instructions apply to UKHSA. The department may require UKHSA to provide additional management information on an ad hoc basis. Where this is the case, the department will provide clear reasons for the request and will allow as much time as possible to comply with the request.

General guidance

General guidance includes:

Specific areas in agreement

The role of the sponsorship team

Accounting officers

Governance and accountability

Appointment and responsibilities of the Chief Executive, the Board and Chair

Individual board member responsibilities

Delegated and spending authorities

Procurement

Risk management

Counter fraud and theft

Human resources

Finance (banking and managing cash, annual report and accounts, audit)

Arrangements in the event that the ALB is wound up

DHSC specific

Estates and sustainability

  • Greening Government Commitments

  • Office of Government Property Controls and standards for office accommodation (available from DHSC)

  • the Department of Health and Social Care Property Asset Management procedures (available from DHSC)

Information governance and security

Transparency

  • appropriate sections of Managing Public Money

  • appropriate sections of this framework document

  • communications responsibilities – addressed in this framework document and in the annex to the UKHSA delegated budget letter