Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 10 Jan 2024 Closed: 28 May 2024 Parliament page
The Committee has regularly raised issues of staff capacity, skills and workforce planning in the civil service in the past, and warned in December 2020 that the lack of specialist skills in the civil service affects both the efficiency and the effectiveness of government projects. The Government declared in 2022 … Read more
7 Recommendations
13 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 6 events
28 May
2024
Report published
22 Mar
2024
Report published
26 Feb
2024
Correspondence
26 Feb
2024
Correspondence
5 Feb
2024
Oral evidence
5 Feb
2024
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
5 Feb 2024
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Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management
Esther Wallington · HM Revenue and Customs Fiona Ryland · Cabinet Office Mark Adam · Ministry of Justice Sir Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Third Report - Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay … HC 452 22 Mar 2024 20 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
4 Conclusion Acknowledged
Twenty-Third Report - Civil servic…
Set out specific actions in pay and reward strategy to address longstanding civil service pay issues
Chronic pay issues within the civil service have lowered morale and risk departments not being able to recruit and retain skilled staff. The Cabinet Office acknowledges that there are longstanding issues within the civil service relating to pay and reward. … Read more
Government Response
The government states a civil service pay and reward strategy is under development, aiming to outline a coherent reward framework by 2030 and a revised pay framework. However, it provides little specific detail on the actions it will take to address declining real-terms pay or pay disparities, noting limitations of the delegated pay model.
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14 Conclusion Acknowledged
Twenty-Third Report - Civil servic…
Departments possess delegated authority to set non-SCS staff pay, governed by central guidance.
As part of their employer responsibilities, departments are delegated the authority to set pay for their staff below SCS level. Each department sets its own pay structure which defines pay rates for each grade. Annual pay increases are governed by … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the observation and states that a new Civil Service Reward Strategy is under development to create a more coherent, flexible, and individualised reward framework by 2030, alongside a revised pay framework and improved pension offer clarity.
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Government Response AI assessment · 20 of 7 classified
Accepted 14
Acknowledged 2
Deferred 2
Rejected 2
Total 7 recs + 13 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
26 Feb 2024 Joint correspondence from Sir Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary, and Fiona Ryland, Government Chief People Officer, Cabinet Office, re Civil Service Workforce session, dated 16 February 2024
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26 Feb 2024 Correspondence from Mark Adam, Chief People Officer, Ministry of Justice, re Civil Service Workforce: Recruitment, Pay and Performance Management, dated 19 February 2024
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