Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade in her Department were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

The Home Office introduced a no-rating performance management system for delegated grades in 2021 in line with external good practice. Therefore, the department cannot compare progression with performance markings / categories.

The performance management framework for Senior Civil Servants is a Cabinet Office policy, applied across the Civil Service departments including the Home Office.

In the last performance year, the proportion of staff rated in the top performance category (“Exceeding”) for Senior Civil Servants is 25.

• Senior Civil Service 1: 17 individuals (representing 6% of all SCS1 Home Office staff)

• Senior Civil Service 2: 6 individuals (representing 10% of all SCS2 Home Office staff)

• Senior Civil Service 3: <5 individuals (representing >20% of all SCS3 Home Office staff)