Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal and Recruitment
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to the written statement of 20 January 2026, on Rewiring the State, if he will place in the Library a copy of the revised Senior Civil Service performance management and recruitment guidance.
Answered by Anna Turley
The Senior Civil Service (SCS) Performance Management Framework is publicly available online on GOV.UK.
Departments and agencies have authority to determine their practices and procedures for the recruitment of staff to the Civil Service, including the Senior Civil Service. There are no plans to publish internal-facing guidance to the public domain, as it constitutes HR-to-HR guidance designed for departments to integrate into their respective policies and processes.
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