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Department for Business and Trade: Senior Civil Servants

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 100379

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2025 to Question 96808 on Department for Business and Trade: Career Development, how many and what proportion of Senior Civil Servants were rated in each of the box rating categories (a) exceeding, (b) high performing, (c) achieving and (d) partially met in the last year.

Answered by Kate Dearden

The last complete performance year for SCS ran between 1st April 2024 and 31st March 2025. The proportion of ratings against each performance rating (Exceeding, High Performing, Achieving and Partially Met) are detailed below.

Rating

%

Number of SCS

Exceeding

14%

38

High Performing

23%

63

Achieving

57%

160

Partially Met

6%

17

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