This work would not have been possible without the help and assistance of many people. We are grateful to our taskforce for providing constructive challenge throughout, helping us to define our approach and providing specialist input into the provision drafting process. The taskforce group comprised representatives from the following organizations: Crown Commercial Service; Cabinet Office Transparency Team; Ministry of Justice; Department for Work and Pensions; National Audit Office; Information Commissioner's Office; Open Data Institute; NCVO; G4S UK & Ireland; Atos; HP; Mitie; and DLA Piper.
The CBI was a key source of advice and guidance for the duration of the project and their assistance was fundamental to this work. Particular thanks must also go to Andrew Dyson of DLA Piper who assisted the taskforce with independent legal guidance and input on the drafting of the transparency provisions presented in this report.
Finally, many people also generously gave their time when scoping this project. These include Ian Makgill, Kate Blatchford, Debbie Ryan, Alan Cave, Matthew Trimming, Andrew Parkins, Kerry Hallard, Derek Parlour, Mike Zealley and Richard Johnson. Many thanks are due for your insight and help turning this work into a tangible project.