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About the Panel

The Central Government Panel's remit extends across Central Government departments, agencies and NDPBs and it is responsible for:

• consideration of finance and policy issues as they affect central government;
• responding to consultation/discussion papers and exposure drafts issued by Government, professional and other bodies;
• developing, promoting and maintaining best practice, standards and guidelines and the production and dissemination of relevant advice and material for members and employers, on issues falling within the Panel's areas of responsibility; and
• establishing positive and productive professional relationships with Government, government departments and agencies, the national audit bodies, professional regulators and other bodies falling within the Panel's areas of responsibility.

Interested? Vacancies on the Central Government Panel arise from time to time. If you are an interested finance practitioner working in Central Government Finance you are invited to contact the Secretary, Chris Wobschall (email chris.wobschall@cipfa.org)

Terms of Reference (common across panels)

• Policy formulation and implementation within PFMB approved strategies and business plans;

• Approval (by the Chair where necessary) of Institute responses to Government, professional bodies' and other bodies' consultation/discussion papers and exposure drafts;

• Work programme formulation for recommendation to the PFMB, monitoring of programmes and reporting performance to PFMB;

• The development, promotion and maintenance of best practice, standards and guidelines and the production and dissemination of relevant advice and material for members and employers, on issues falling within the Panel's defined areas of responsibility;

• The establishment of positive and productive professional relationships with Government, government departments and agencies, the national audit bodies professional regulators and other bodies falling within the Panel's defined areas of responsibility;

• Joint working with other Panels, as appropriate, on matters of mutual interest.

• To take a five centres of government perspective on the above items

Quroum Requirements

Panels should have the following quorum requirements:

• A quorum is 50% of the panel members;
  
  
• Non-quorate meetings may discuss and formally note matters for future report, but have no executive authority. Urgent decisions, at the Chair's discretion, should be dealt with by correspondence.