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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
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.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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