New Minister for Civil Service Procurement

Ben Gummer has taken over from Matt Hancock as minister for the Cabinet Office and paymaster general, a role covering public sector efficiency and reform, digital transformation industrial relations strategy,cyber security and procurement.

Gummer has had some specific procurement experience within industry, as Managing Director (2005 to 2010) of family-owned Sancroft International, an environmental consultancy, with interests in supply chain and substainability.

Hancock was replaced just two days after unveiling the Civil Service Workforce Plan 2016-2020, which said savings of £18.6bn had been achieved over the last parliament by 2014-15.

“Since 2010 we have transformed delivery models, implemented a programme of reform, centralised services such as procurement to increase efficiency, and improved government transparency,” said the report.

New prime minister Theresa May also announced yesterday that a new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) would be created. It will merge the responsibilities of two former departments: the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Energy and Climate Change.

See the full article in Supply Management.



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