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Cabinet Office: Performance Appraisal

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 13 January 2026UIN 100974

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

Answered by Anna Turley

All CO staff members (in scope) are allocated a performance marking at both the mid (Oct) and end of year (April) points of the performance year as part of their performance reviews.

The below table sets out what proportion of staff in each grade were awarded an Exceeding marking for the 24/25 end of year process.

Grade

No of Employees at grade

Exceeding

SCS3

14

<5

SCS2

87

13

SCS1

294

65

G6

772

169

G7

1887

309

SEO

1163

208

HEO

1325

161

EO

758

92

AO

387

42

This data covers all performance markings which have been uploaded onto our central system (SOP).

The data will not include all agencies as many have their own dedicated systems to record this information and are not subject to the CO performance processes.

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