Unity Programme Accounting Officer Assessment
A summary of the key points from the HMRC Accounting Officer's assessment of a major government programme.
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In February 2024, HMRC’s Accounting Officer undertook an assessment of the Unity Programme.
In March 2021, government published a Shared Service Strategy that included the formation of five clusters across government that would work to align core operations, processes, and back-office technologies. Departments in each cluster have been asked to work together to design a common operating model, share business process services and implement standardised, common Enterprise Resource Planning, Finance and HR shared services.
HMRC is the lead department for the Unity cluster and is working collaboratively with the Department for Transport (DfT) and Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to create a new shared service operation providing services to all three departments, operating from a single technology platform.
The Accounting Officer’s assessment concluded that the programme is value for money and deliverable.