Departments: Management

Mr. Lansley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the role is of his Department’s departmental management board.

Dawn Primarolo
The role of the departmental management board (DMB) is to provide strategic leadership to the Department, support Ministers in developing and policy and strategy for the health and care system and oversee its implementation.

A review of the role of the DMB will be undertaken as part of the Department’s response to its recent capability review.

Mr. Lansley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which members of his Department are included in his Department’s senior leadership team; and if he will make a statement.

Dawn Primarolo
The senior leadership team brings together directors general and directors in the Department (senior civil service paybands two and three). Its purpose is to develop a shared approach to corporate leadership of the Department.