Question follow-through · 14098

Civil Servants: Location

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Places for Growth Formative Evaluation Report, published on 30 October 2024, what steps his Department is taking to reach the targets of (a) 50% UK based Senior Civil Service outside of Lon

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 13 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 18 Nov 2024
Answer: 5 Dec 2024 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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13 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Places for Growth Formative Evaluation Report, published on 30 October 2024, what steps his Department is taking to reach the targets of (a) 50% UK based Senior Civil Service outside of Lon
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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5 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Formative Evaluation report, commissioned by the previous Government, identified challenges they faced in delivering the SCS target and ambition to reduce the London workforce to 75 000 by 2030. We will tackle these challenges through a focus on a str...

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