Government advised departments not to implement salary advance schemes, but this advice was not cascaded to the Department’s arm’s-length bodies (ALBs). Guidance issued by Civil Service Human Resources in December 2020 to accounting officers reminded them that novel financing arrangements, including salary advance schemes, required caution, and needed departmental accounting officer and HM Treasury approvals. There is evidence that some departments declined approaches by Greensill Capital to ...

Government advised departments not to implement salary advance schemes, but this advice was not cascaded to the Department’s arm’s-length bodies (ALBs). Guidance issued by Civil Service Human Resources in December 2020 to accounting officers reminded them that novel financing arrangements, including salary advance schemes, required caution, and needed departmental accounting officer and HM Treasury approvals. There is evidence that some departments declined approaches by Greensill Capital to subscribe to its salary advance scheme, but it appears they may not all have cascaded this information to their ALBs. The Department told us that, owing Type: conclusion | Number: 25 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 4a PAC recommendation: The Department, working with NHSE&I, should adopt a formal process for ensuring that government advice is disseminated to NHS trust leadership for consideration and implementation if relevant. 4.1 The government agrees with the Committ