Treasury: Performance Appraisal
(asked on 3rd November 2025) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many staff left as a result of such a rating; and what proportion of full-time equivalent staff this represented.
Performance management reviews are conducted in accordance with the relevant policies and procedures within HM Treasury and its agencies. The total number of reviews carried out over the past five years, including those that resulted in a poor performance rating, and the number of staff that left as a result is presented in the table below. We are unable to provide the exact proportion of full-time equivalent staff this represented due to the very small numbers involved, which could risk disclosure of personal information.
HMT | |||
Year | No of Reviews | No of Poor Performance Markings | No of staff that left as a result |
2024-2025 | 2,057 | 28 | fewer than 5 4 |
2023-2024 | 1,962 | 19 | fewer than 5 4 |
2022-2023 | 1,959 | 22 | fewer than 5 4 |
2021-2022 | 1,976 | 26 | fewer than 5 4 |
2020-2021 | 1,864 | 21 | fewer than 5 4 |
Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) | |||
Year | No of Reviews 1 | No of Poor Performance Markings | No of staff who left as a result |
2024-2025 | 498 | Markings not given/unable to disclose 2 | Unable to disclose 4 |
2023-2024 | 509 | Markings not given/unable to disclose 2 | Unable to disclose 4 |
2022-2023 | 470 | Markings not given/unable to disclose 2 | Unable to disclose 4 |
2021-2022 | 461 | Data not available 3 | Unable to disclose 4 |
2020-2021 | 468 | Data not available 3 | Unable to disclose 4 |
Debt Management Office (DMO) | |||
Year | No of Reviews | Classified as Unsatisfactory or below | |
2025 | 115 | 0 | |
2024 | 111 | fewer than 5 4 | |
2023 | 104 | 0 | |
2022 | 96 | 0 | |
2021 | 200 | 0 | |
Notes:
- Figures for GIAA refer to the headcount at the end of the financial year as an indicator of the number of year-end reviews held.
- For GIAA delegated grades, performance markings are not provided because the agency moved away from using formal markings in 2022–23; earlier central records are not readily available.
- For GIAA central records of poor performance markings are not readily available for this period.
- For GIAA Senior Civil Service (SCS) and delegated grades, data on staff leaving as a result of poor performance is “unable to disclose” because the numbers are too small (including where the value is zero), which could lead to identification of individuals. For HMT, “fewer than 5” is shown to protect individual confidentiality where the actual number is very small and could lead to identification of staff
DMO
- The DMO has a performance assessment system with 5 categories from Exceptional, Exceeds, Fully Effective, Developing and Must Improve. Although there is no direct read across to the “unsatisfactory” requested in the PQ, we have assessed this as relating to the DMO’s “Must Improve” category.