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Senior Civil Servants: Performance Appraisal

Lords · Question HL14076 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 19 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson

To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister on 20 January, how key performance indicators (KPIs) for senior civil servants will be set by ministers; whether individual ministers will have total a

Answer

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 19 Mar 2026

Performance arrangements for members of the Senior Civil Service stem from a centrally set performance management framework, which makes clear that the objectives should be linked directly to the objectives of the department and minister they serve. These...