Question follow-through · 118354
Senior Civil Servants: Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Senior Civil Servants who underperform against Ministerially set KPIs but subsequently win another Senior Civil Service role through fair and open competition will be permitted to take up that appointmen
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 5 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 55 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Senior Civil Servants who underperform against Ministerially set KPIs but subsequently win another Senior Civil Service role through fair and open competition will be permitted to take up that appointmen
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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29 Apr 2026
Answer published
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