Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 11
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Issue guidance on London recruitment for appropriate roles and monitor regional staff engagement
Recommendation
The Cabinet Office should issue guidance to departments that London should not be ruled out as location for new recruitment, where it is more appropriate for certain posts to be based in the capital. It should also use the Civil Service People Survey to monitor and address evidence of a perception among regionally-based staff that they 50 Where Civil Servants Work: Planning for the future of the Government’s estates have lower engagement scores or views on career prospects. Equally, should the Civil Service People Survey reveal engagement to be higher in regional offices, the Cabinet Office should conduct research into what departments running Whitehall offices may be able to learn from them.
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Government Response
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