Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2025, to Question 34730, on Civil Service: Redundancy, if he will place in the Library a copy of all revised guidance on (a) new and (b) updated protocols on Civil Service performance, management and termination; and whether senior civil servants who do not deliver expected efficiency savings will be made redundant.

Many of the documents pertaining to the management of civil servant performance and termination are already published on gov.uk. This includes the Senior Civil Service Performance Management Policy and accompanying formal poor performance guidance, the Cabinet Office Redundancy Protocol 2016 and the Civil Service Management Code.

In March, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster announced a new exit process termed “Mutually Agreed Exits” to bring the Civil Service more in line with the private sector. The plans will give managers more tools to address substandard performance and introduce a more efficient and flexible system that will save money for the taxpayer. More information will be provided in due course.

Under the Senior Civil Service performance management framework, civil servants who do not meet the expected minimum standards of their role will be placed onto formal poor performance measures.