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Senior Civil Servants: Standards

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 6 March 2026UIN 113709

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his speech of 20 January 2026, entitled Move fast. Fix things, what role Permanent Secretaries will retain in agreeing, moderating and approving KPIs set for Senior Civil Servants.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

Permanent Secretaries are responsible for delivering on and cascading their Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), as set by Ministers, to their direct reports and subsequently the rest of the SCS cadre.

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