Common use of Ministerial Group Clause in Contracts

Ministerial Group. C7 It is anticipated that for the most part the implementation of the arrangements set out in this Concordat will be undertaken at official level. If necessary, however, the arrangements may be overseen by representatives of the United Kingdom Government and the devolved administrations, in a Group whose members will be: • Ministers from the Department for Transport; the Treasury; the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; • Ministers representing each of the devolved administrations. C8 Its terms of reference will be: • to facilitate the exchange of information on financial assistance between the United Kingdom Government and the devolved administrations; and • to allow consensus to be reached on the level of assistance to be offered to those large mobile investment projects for which two or more parts of the UK are in competition. C9 There will be an official group to support the Ministerial Group. It will be established under Cabinet Office chairmanship, and will report annually to Ministers on the operation of the Concordat. Independent Evaluation C10 There will be continuing periodic independent evaluation of major programmes of financial assistance to industry on the model of previous evaluations of Regional Selective Assistance (RSA).