Contents
INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD HEATON, PERMANENT SECRETARY FOR THE CABINET OFFICE 6
FOREWORD BY RT HON. FRANCIS MAUDE MP, MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE 7
REPORT FROM THE LEAD NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CABINET OFFICE LEAD NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 9
Strategic clarity 9
Commercial sense 9
Talented people 10
Results focus 10
Management information 10
GOVERNANCE 12
Our Ministers 12
Cabinet Secretary and Permanent Secretary 13
Our management team - the Executive Management Committee 13
Our Non-Executive Directors 15
Cabinet Office structure 16
CABINET OFFICE ROLES AND OBJECTIVES 17
CABINET OFFICE PERFORMANCE AGAINST BUSINESS PLAN ACTIONS 36
MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY - CORPORATE INFORMATION 40
Monitoring spend on consultancy and temporary staff 40
All new off-payroll engagements over f220 per day and more than six months 40
Reporting related to review of tax arrangements of public sector appointees 41
Number of Senior Civil Service staff by pay band 41
Recruitment practice 42
Public appointments and re-appointments 43
Employee consultation 43
Sickness and absence 44
Diversity and inclusion policy 44
The employment, training and advancement of disabled persons 45
Reporting of personal data related incidents 45
Pensions 46
Better regulation 46
Transparency 49
Sustainable development 50
Health and safety 57
Estate management strategy 57
Policy on social and community issues 58
Policy on payment of suppliers 59
Complaints handling 59
Complaints from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman 61
Correspondence 61
Freedom of Information requests 62
Publicity and advertising 62
2012-13 Spending Summary 63
MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY -FINANCIAL REVIEW 64
Overview 64
CABINET OFFICE CORE BUSINESS 64
MANAGING PUBLIC MONEY FRAMEWORK 64
Year on Year Comparison 2012-13 to 2011-12 68
STATEMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SUPPLY 68
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE NET EXPENDITURE 69
STAFF COSTS 69
OTHER ADMINISTRATION COSTS 70
PROGRAMME COSTS 71
INCOME 74
ADMINISTRATION 74
PROGRAMME 74
INTERESTS IN JOINT VENTURES 75
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 75
NON-CURRENT ASSETS 75
CURRENT ASSETS (excluding cash equivalents) 76
CURRENT LIABILITIES 78
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 79
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS 79
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN TAXPAYERS' EQUITY 79
Performance against Parliamentary Control Totals 81
OUTTURN AGAINST ESTIMATE - see Figure 1 87
OUTTURN AGAINST BUDGET 87
Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (RDEL) - see Figure 2 (a) 88
Resource Annually Managed Expenditure (RAME) - see Figure 2(a) 89
Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit (CDEL) - see Figure 2(b) 90
Virement 91
Public Expenditure Data 2006-07 to 2014-15 92
INTRODUCTION 92
COMMENTARY ON PUBLIC EXPENDITURE DATA TABLES 93
Table 1 - Total Departmental Spending 93
Table 2 - Outturn Year 2012-13 96
Table 3 - Capital Employed for the Cabinet Office 96
Table 4 - Administration budget 98
Tables 5a and 5b - Staff numbers 98
Tables 6 to 8 - Country and Regional Analysis tables 99
CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS 2012-13 111
Statement of Accounting Officer's responsibilities 112
Governance Statement 113
INTRODUCTION 113
GOVERNANCE 113
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES 121
EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD 128
Remuneration Report 130
REMUNERATION OF MINISTERS AND CABINET OFFICE SENIOR MANAGEMENT 130
REMUNERATION (INCLUDING SALARY) AND PENSION ENTITLEMENTS 131
REMUNERATION (SALARY AND BENEFITS IN KIND) 132
DISCLOSURE OF SALARY, PENSION AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION 133
PAY MULTIPLES 134
DISCLOSURE OF SALARY, PENSION AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION FOR 2012-13 135
PENSION BENEFITS 137
DISCLOSURE OF SALARY, PENSION AND COMPENSATION INFORMATION 139
The Certificate and Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the House of Commons 142
Statement of Parliamentary Supply 144
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Net Expenditure 145
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 146
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 147
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Taxpayers' Equity 151
Notes to the Accounts for the period ended 31 March 2013 153
1. Statement of accounting policies 153
2. Net Outturn 165
3. Reconciliation of outturn to net operating cost and against Administration Budget and Administration net operating costs 167
4. Reconciliation of Net Resources to Net Cash Requirement 168
5. Statement of Net Resource Outturn by Operating Segment 169
6. Staff numbers and related costs 171
7. Other administration costs 174
8. Programme costs 175
9. Income 181
10. Property, plant and equipment 185
11. Investment Properties 188
12. Intangible assets 189
13. Interests in Joint Ventures 191
14. Financial instruments 192
15. Other financial assets 193
16. Impairments 194
17. Assets to be transferred 195
18. Trade receivables, financial and other assets 195
19. Cash and cash equivalents 197
20. Trade payables and other liabilities 197
21. Provisions for liabilities and charges 198
22. Loan commitments ?Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund LP 200
23. Capital commitments 201
24. Commitments under leases 201
25. Commitments under PFI contracts 201
26. Other financial commitments 204
27. Contingent asset - Futurebuilders programme 204
28. Other contingent assets and liabilities disclosed 205
29. Contingent liabilities not required to be disclosed under IAS 37 but included for parliamentary reporting and accountability purposes 205
30. Losses and special payments 206
31. Related party transactions 207
32. Entities within the departmental boundary 208
33. Events after the reporting period 210
Table 1 Cabinet Office total departmental spending 2006-07 to 2014-15 101
Table 2 Outturn Year 2012-13 104
Table 2.1 Reconciliation between estimated and final outturn 2012-13 105
Table 3 Cabinet Office Capital Employed 106
Table 4 Cabinet Office Administration budget 2006-07 to 2014-15 107
Table 5a Staff numbers for the Cabinet Office 108
Table 5b Staff numbers for the Cabinet Office 108
Table 6 Cabinet Office total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region, 2007-08 to 2011-12 109
Table 7 Cabinet Office total identifiable expenditure on services by country and region, per head 2007-08 to 2011-12 109
Table 8 Cabinet Office total identifiable expenditure on services by function, country and region, for 2011-12 110
FIGURE 1. Outturn against Estimate and reconciliation of net resource outturn to net cash requirement 81
FIGURE 2. Reconciliation of resource expenditure between Estimates, Accounts and Budgets 2(a) Resource 83