Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what data his Department collects on the outcomes of performance management procedures.

Cabinet Office staff, except those on career breaks or new joiners, are allocated a performance marking at mid-year and end of the year. These performance markings are Exceeding, High Performing, Achieving, or Partially Met. All line managers are instructed to upload these performance markings onto our HR system, which is called SOP.

For SCS grade staff, at both the mid and end of year point, performance markings are centrally collated and moderated.

For delegated grade staff, markings are not centrally collated, but business units are expected to collate and moderate these.

In March, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster announced that the Government will be strengthening performance processes for the SCS.