Phase 1 · Decision Screening

Is the decision you approved still the one being executed?

Decision Screening tests whether potential issues or uncertainties concerning approval, ownership, criteria or subsequent changes warrant a formal Decision Investigation.

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One approved decision

The scope of Phase 1

2–3 working days

From your completed questionnaire

Written Eligibility Determination

Eligible or Not Eligible for Phase 2

What Decision Screening tests

Three Questions.
One Eligibility Decision.

A structured questionnaire tests for potential issues or uncertainties concerning an approved, high-consequence decision.

What Decision Screening tests

The approval

Is the original approval, including its scope and conditions, clearly understood?

The changes

Have material changes occurred, or is there uncertainty about what changed?What has moved since approval, and where the record shows it.

The authority

Is it clear who held decision authority and whether subsequent changes were authorised?

How Decision Screening works

Three Steps to a Written Eligibility Result

Between approval and execution, three things can move without
anyone formally deciding they should.

Step 1

Commission

Confirm the decision being screened and complete the structured questionnaire.

Step 2

Test

Your responses are tested against the Phase 1 eligibility criteria. No supporting documents are reviewed.

Step 3

Determine

Eligible / Not Eligible for Phase 2, result within 2–3 working days.

What you receive

A Written Eligibility Determination

A confidential written result confirming whether the questionnaire responses identify potential issues or uncertainties warranting Phase 2 Decision Investigation.

The determination identifies the areas flagged and confirms whether further investigation is warranted. No documents are reviewed or findings independently verified.

Written determination

WRITTEN ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION

The decision screened

Identification of the approved decision covered by the questionnaire.

The areas tested

Approval, ownership, criteria and subsequent changes.

Issues or uncertainties flagged

Potential gaps identified from the questionnaire responses.

The eligibility result

Eligible or Not Eligible for Phase 2 Decision Investigation.

The recommended next step

Whether a formal Decision Investigation is warranted.

The outcome

Phase 1 Ends in One of Two Determinations

Investigation warranted

The questionnaire identifies potential issues or uncertainties concerning approval, ownership, criteria or subsequent changes.

Next step

Phase 2 Decision Investigation may be commissioned to establish what the evidence supports.

Investigation not warranted

The questionnaire responses identify no qualifying issues or uncertainties warranting further investigation.

Next step

No Phase 2 investigation is recommended based on the responses provided.

Decision Screening tests eligibility using questionnaire responses only. It does not review documentary evidence, verify the responses or provide assurance that no governance issues exist.

When to commission it

Is Phase 1 Right for This Decision?

use it when

–– The decision was formally approved

–– It is high-consequence or material

–– Execution is underway or imminent

–– There is reason to question whether the approved
decision still governs execution

not for

–– Strategy or programme delivery

–– Routine or low-consequence decisions

–– Decisions not yet approved

Commission Phase 1

One Approved Decision.
One Written Determination.

Pay securely, complete the structured questionnaire and receive your Written Eligibility Determination within 2–3 working days of receiving your completed responses.

Fixed fee

Shown in full at secure checkout, before you pay.

– Structured questionnaire for one approved decision
– Responses tested against Phase 1 eligibility criteria
– Written eligibility determination identifying whether
Phase 2 investigation is warranted.

This decision has been formally approved I have concerns or uncertainties about the approved decision during execution This concerns one approved decision in active or imminent execution I understand Phase 1 uses questionnaire responses only, without documentary evidence review I understand Phase 1 determines whether a Phase 2 Decision Investigation is warranted

You will go to secure payment, then to the questionnaire.
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Before you commission

Questions Boards Ask First

Who sees the findings?

Findings are strictly confidential and stay with your board

What do you need from us?

A completed structured questionnaire for one approved decision, and the records it asks for.

What if an investigation is warranted?

Phase 2, Decision Investigation, may then be commissioned. You decide with a written determination already in hand.

Is this an audit or an assurance opinion?

No. Decision Screening is a determination, on the record, about one approved decision. It does not give an opinion on whether the decision was right.