Advice to ministers: a prototype page for a pilot in the UK civil service
This is what policy advice would look like as a wiki page
In the UK civil service, policy advice is usually provided to ministers as a written document containing analysis, options, and recommendations. As part of a wider project reviewing decision-making in government, this prototype page shows what policy advice could look like if it were set out as a wiki page. The content on this page does not follow any existing template for advice, and does not contain any sensitive information; it is designed purely as a way to test this way of setting out advice. The layout is based on the Government of Canada's GCwiki.
Summary
This section would contain a brief summary of the issue, with links to other wiki pages that contain related information (such as previous advice, and/or links to internal or external documents). It could also contain a recommended action or high-level update.
Body of advice
This is where the body of the advice would appear. It would be separated according to each department's preferences, an example layout follows:
Background
Some background on the issue, including more links to related pages and footnotes for references[1]
Evidence and analysis
This section could make use of features such as tables, images, or link out to other documents and/or interactive features.
Pros | Cons | Unknowns |
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Example | Example | Example |
Example | Example | Example |
Example | Example | Example |
Some analysis could be set out as a chart
Options and recommendations
This Section would set out options, risks, mitigations, and recommendations
What next
This section would contain contact details of officials for further discussion, or could re-direct to the Discussion feature at the top of the page
Footnotes
- ↑ This is a footnote leading to an external link, in this case the Wikipedia homepage. Footnotes should contain dates and details about the source.