Ministerial Directions
This series brings together all published Ministerial Directions.
Section 3.4 of Managing Public Money sets out that accounting officers should routinely scrutinise significant policy proposals or plans to start or vary major projects and then assess whether they measure up to the standards set out in Managing Public Money. The accounting officer should draw any issues to the attention of the responsible minister to see whether they can be resolved.
If the minister decides it is nevertheless appropriate to continue with a course that does not meet the Managing Public Money standards, the accounting officer should ask for a formal written direction to proceed. Since 2011, there has been a presumption that such directions are published, unless the matter must be kept confidential.
Below are links to all the directions that have been published since 2011. There were no Ministerial Directions published between 2011 and 2014.