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Select committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

First Special Report - Civil Service People Survey: Government response to the Committee’s Ninth Report of Session 2022–23

Published 18 January 2024

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Civil Service People Survey Report on parliament.uk ↗

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The government's response

This document responds to Ninth Report - Civil Service People Survey.

This is the government's response, published 18 January 2024.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The Cabinet Office accepts several of the Committee's recommendations on the Civil Service People Survey, but does not accept those on earlier publication of initial results or on classifying the survey as official statistics.

  • On engagement with users, it "accepts this recommendation" and will consider wider engagement of external stakeholders, with a list of consultees to be included in future technical guides on GOV.UK.
  • On the Employee Engagement Index, it accepts the recommendation and will "explore the content and usefulness" of the Index, planning changes over the next two years towards a new version of the Survey in 2025.
  • It does not accept the recommendations on publishing results when distributed to participants or on treating the survey as official statistics, describing it as "primarily a management tool". It commits to publishing a commentary and reducing the time between internal and external distribution.
  • On action plans, the Government "disagrees with the overall statement that effective action is not taken" from the Survey, recognises the benefits of action plans, and accepts the recommendation to enhance support, while balancing central guidance with departmental autonomy.

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