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Civil Servants: Incentives

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 3 February 2026UIN 108661

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes he plans to make to the cash bonus criteria for civil service servants.

Answered by Anna Turley

Pay and reward arrangements below the Senior Civil Service (SCS), including the operation of non-consolidated performance pay (cash bonuses), are delegated to individual departments to determine within the parameters set out in the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance. Pay for the SCS is subject to an independent pay review body process.

The 2026-27 Pay Remit Guidance for delegated grades will be published in due course. For the SCS, the Government will respond to the Senior Salaries Review Body after it has received its report for 2026-27.

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