Capability Reviews: Progress and Next Steps - The Civil Service

It is recognised that developing the capacity to deliver more with less will be asignificant and pertinent challenge for the MoJ, with tight budgetary constraints andan ambitious delivery agenda, as outlined, for example, in Lord Carter’s recentlypublished review of prisons, Securing the Future: Proposals for the Efficient andSustainable Use of Custody in England and Wales, published on 5 December 2007.ConclusionDCA had made significant progress against its areas for action and was able tobring these capabilities into the MoJ, together with the learning and developmentfrom those parts of the Home Office that joined the new Department. However, therewas a similarity in the areas of development identified for both DCA and the HomeOffice, which now need to be addressed by the new Department. Whilst importantprogress has already been made in establishing the Department and its newsystems, processes and ways of working, a considerable amount of work stillremains. This will provide a real challenge for the future.20 THE DEPARTMENT