Question follow-through · 85877

Civil Service: Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance indicators are used in the Civil Service; and how frequently performance is assessed.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
30 Oct 2025
Answer
7 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what performance indicators are used in the Civil Service; and how frequently performance is assessed.

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    A summary of the performance indicators used for Senior Civil Servants in the civil service and the timeline setting out how frequently performance is assessed is published on gov.uk at the following webpage: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sen...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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