The Civil Service: A Neglected Dimension of Devolution

Abstract

Devolution comes in the wake of a decade of substantial reform in the civil service. The establishment of the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly is likely to have significant implications for the civil service in Scotland, Wales, and perhaps also at the centre. However, on the evidence of the official publications and debates generated by the policy process to date, this issue has been given consideration only belatedly and in rather limited form.