Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal and Recruitment

(asked on 27th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the written statement of 20 January 2026, on Rewiring the State, if he will place in the Library a copy of the revised Senior Civil Service performance management and recruitment guidance.


Answered by
Anna Turley Portrait
Anna Turley
Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
This question was answered on 3rd February 2026

The Senior Civil Service (SCS) Performance Management Framework is publicly available online on GOV.UK.

Departments and agencies have authority to determine their practices and procedures for the recruitment of staff to the Civil Service, including the Senior Civil Service. There are no plans to publish internal-facing guidance to the public domain, as it constitutes HR-to-HR guidance designed for departments to integrate into their respective policies and processes.

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