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Government Functional Standard GovS 015: Grants

The Grants Functional Standard promotes efficiency and effectiveness in grant making across all government departments and arm’s length bodies.

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Published
2 December 2016
Last updated
4 December 2024 — See all updates

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Government Functional Standard GovS015: Grants v2.0

PDF, 341 KB, 32 pages

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Grants Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework V1.1

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Guidance for General Grants (PDF)

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1: Senior Officer Responsible for a Grant (PDF)

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2: Governance, Approvals & Data Capture (PDF)

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3: Complex Grants Advice Panel (CGAP) (PDF)

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4: Business Case Development (PDF)

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5: Competition for Funding (PDF)

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6: Grant Agreements (PDF)

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7: Risk, Controls and Assurance (PDF)

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8: Performance and Monitoring (PDF)

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9: Annual Review and Reconciliation (PDF)

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10: Training (PDF)

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Equality impact assessment: government grants minimum standards (HTML)

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Guidance for General Grants (HTML)

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1: Senior Officer Responsible for a Grant (HTML)

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2: Governance, Approvals & Data Capture (HTML)

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3: Complex Grants Advice Panel (CGAP) (HTML)

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4: Business Case Development (HTML)

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5: Competition for Funding (HTML)

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6: Grant Agreements (HTML)

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7: Risk, Controls and Assurance (HTML)

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8: Performance and Monitoring (HTML)

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9: Annual Review and Reconciliation (HTML)

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10: Training (HTML)

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The purpose of this government functional standard is to set expectations for the management of grants, and to promote efficient and effective grant making to ensure funding is used as intended and provides value for money through high quality delivery.

For further information and support, please contact the Government Grants Management Function (GGMF) at: grants-management-function@cabinetoffice.gov.uk

Updates to this page

Published 2 December 2016
Last updated 4 December 2024 + show all updates

  1. Updated the following document '3: Complex Grants Advice Panel (CGAP)' to reflect the change in the mandatory referral for manifesto schemes.

  2. Updated the document: 7: Risk, Controls and Assurance

  3. Replaced the following file with the latest version: 7: Risk, Controls and Assurance

  4. Added PDF versions of the guidance documents.

  5. Added the document:m Grants Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework V1.1

  6. Replaced all documents with the latest versions. Added HTML versions of all documents

  7. Updated document 7: Risk, Controls and Assurance - added paragraph 23 to provide further information on security risks. Language around Fraud Risk Assessments has been strengthened to reflect the Grants Functional Standard.

  8. Updated document '3: Complex Grants Advice Panel (CGAP)'. Grants which fall under Carbon Net Zero, Levelling Up, Strengthening the Union, Innovation, and Jobs and Skills must be referred to the Complex Grants Advice Panel.

  9. Updated guidance Functional Standards

  10. Updated HTML doc

  11. Updated all documents attached.

  12. First published.

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