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
15 Conclusion Deferred
Twenty-Third Report - Civil servic…
Declining real-terms civil service pay for most grades hinders competitiveness and recruitment ability.
Civil service pay for almost all grades has seen a long-term decline. Since 2013, civil service median pay has decreased in real terms for all grades apart from the most junior grade (Administrative Assistant).28 The Cabinet Office recognised that declining … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees and states a new Civil Service Reward Strategy is under development with an initial target implementation date of Winter 2024, aiming for a flexible reward framework by 2030, but acknowledges departmental control over pay systems.
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17 Conclusion Deferred
Twenty-Third Report - Civil servic…
Substantial variation exists in departmental performance-related pay approaches and spending
Departments vary quite substantially in their approaches to performance-related pay, including how much they spend on it. For example, departmental per-head spending on performance-related pay in 2021–22 ranged from £13 to £1,366 per employee, for staff 27 C&AG’s Report, para … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees and states a new Civil Service Reward Strategy is under development with an initial target implementation date of Winter 2024, aiming for a coherent reward framework by 2030, and acknowledges departmental control over individual pay systems.
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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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