Select Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Civil Service People Survey

Status: Closed Opened: 1 Jul 2022 Closed: 29 Apr 2024 12 recommendations 5 conclusions 1 report

Every year, Civil Servants across more than 100 Government Departments, bodies, agencies etc. are surveyed in the annual ‘People Survey’ on a range of topics, including employee engagement, wellbeing, remuneration and career prospects, bullying and harassment, and more. This inquiry will examine how the data is used by the Cabinet Office and by individual Departments, …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Ninth Report - Civil Service People Survey HC 575 24 Oct 2023 17 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
4 Recommendation Ninth Report - Civil Service People Sur… Accepted in Part

Report publicly on plans to develop broader Civil Service performance data evidence base.

To maximise the quality of information available on the experiences and performance of the UK Civil Service, the Cabinet Office - in partnership with participating organisations - should continue to develop the broader evidence base. The broad annual snapshots provided by the People Survey should be supplemented with more frequent, …

Government response. The government accepts the recommendation to develop a broader evidence base, commissioning a review of existing data, developing a data dashboard, and committing to consider how to implement cross-government pulse surveys, though a public report on plans may not be …

Oral evidence sessions

4 sessions
Date Witnesses
18 May 2023 Alex Chisholm · Cabinet Office, Dr Claudia Roscini · Cabinet Office, Fiona Ryland · Cabinet Office View ↗
7 Mar 2023 Alex Thomas · Institute for Government, Amy Leversidge · The FDA Trade Union, John Moloney · Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), Rhys Clyne · Institute for Government View ↗
20 Oct 2022 Peter Lynn · Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Sarah Henry · Office for National Statistics View ↗
13 Sep 2022 Peter Lynn · Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Sarah Henry · Office for National Statistics View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
4 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Of…
14 Jun 2023 To cttee Letter from Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Of…
18 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from Alex Chisholm, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Of…