Common use of Departmental commitments Clause in Contracts

Departmental commitments. The Department will: ⮚ Seek, via the annual Estimates campaign, to secure sufficient resources for the activities of the IPS. ⮚ Liaise with D/PER to ensure, as far as possible, timely sanctions for expenditure and staffing to reflect service delivery requirements in line with public financial procedures and public service numbers policy. ⮚ Provide any necessary guidance/direction on procurement and expenditure rules, government accounting and governance generally. ⮚ Liaise as appropriate with the IPS on public service reform/ engagement initiatives. ⮚ Engage with the IPS in a timely, constructive and committed manner wherever the Department has a role in addressing strategic, policy, legislative or operational issues relevant to the safe, secure, efficient and effective functioning of the prison system. ⮚ Advance the development of a prison population projection model to allow for more proactive planning. ⮚ Assess, where relevant, how envisaged resourcing or legislative changes in another area of the criminal justice sector could impact on the prison system.