The Next Steps Initiative took some years to get off the ground, and progress was patchy. Significant change was achieved, although agencies never really achieved the level of autonomy envisaged at the start.The locus classicus showing the difficulty of this boundary was the interview of Michael Howard on Newsnight on 13 May 1997, which pivoted on the question whether as Minister he had intervened in the detailed management of the Prison Services Agency. By 5 April 1993, 89 agencies had been established, and contained over 260,000 civil servants, some 49 per cent of the total.Patricia Greer, 1994,Transforming Central Government: the Next Steps, preface.
The Next Steps Initiative took some years to get off the ground, and progress was patchy Significant change was achieved, although ag.encies never really ac.hieved the level of autonomy envisaged at the startThe locus classicus showing the difficulty of this boundary was the interview of Michael Howard on Newsnight on 13 May 1997, which pivoted on the question whether as Minister he had intervened in the detailed management of the Prison Services Agency By 5 April 1993, 89 agencies had been established, and contained over 260,000 civil servants, some 49 per cent of the .total.Patricia Greer, 1994,Transforming Central Government: the Next Steps, preface.