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1695054

registered interest
date	11/03/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil service recruitment campaigns failed to fill the post advertised in each financial year from 2019/20.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	17867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government Recruitment Service collaborates with departments, functions and professions to develop and deliver high quality, customer-focused recruitment that identifies and attracts the best people for roles whilst offering a wide range of services. It offers core low-cost solutions to meet routine recruitment needs and handles more complex or specialist campaigns by tailoring its approach to attract and recruit the highest quality candidates.</p><p>The following table presents civil service recruitment campaigns with successful and unsuccessful vacancy outcomes for campaigns managed by the Government Recruitment Service.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vacancy Outcome</strong> <strong>Successful</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vacancy Outcome</strong> <strong>Unsuccessful</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of vacancies</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>10080</p></td><td><p>5146</p></td><td><p>15226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>15871</p></td><td><p>9511</p></td><td><p>25382</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>16047</p></td><td><p>9851</p></td><td><p>25898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>13909</p></td><td><p>9576</p></td><td><p>23485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>55907</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>34084</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89991</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government Recruitment Service does not hold any data on why candidates are not successful. However, there could be a range of reasons for non-appointment. All candidates will have been sifted or interviewed out of the recruiting process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 14/03/2024 17:57:45 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1681782

registered interest
date	12/01/2024
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) average and (b) longest time between application and a start date for recruiting a civil servant was in the last three years; and whether he is taking steps to reduce those times.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	9313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Civil Service recruitment must follow the rules set out in legislation within the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act (CRaGA) 2010 which outlines the requirements to ensure that Civil Servants are recruited on merit, via fair and open competition. The Civil Service must also ensure that detailed pre-employment checks (such as appropriate levels of security clearance) are carried out before employment can begin.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the average time to hire across departments can be found in the recent National Audit Office report published on ‘Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management', found here: https://www.nao.org.uk/reports/civil-service-workforce/</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Civil Service People Plan published on 10 January 2024, we are committed to ensuring we attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds, to create a brilliant Civil Service now, and for the future.</p><p> </p><p>We must modernise the ways we recruit, speed up and simplify the process and improve the candidate experience without compromising on quality or fairness. We must also continue to expand the use of secondments and other direct entry routes (including the Fast Stream and apprenticeships), ensuring they are properly embedded in the skills and resourcing strategies of all departments and professions.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office is introducing a set of consistent and comparable Civil Service recruitment measures and benchmarks which will be implemented across the Whitehall 17 departments. This will give greater transparency of metrics across the recruitment cycle.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 17/01/2024 17:52:10 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies

1665600

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department is taking steps to recruit employees from the private sector into the civil service.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	203003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>I announced at a speech in June at Policy Exchange a series of measures to make the Civil Service more attractive to external candidates. This included when recruiting for senior roles in the Civil Service the default position is that all recruitment must operate externally by default. This means vacancies at this level must be advertised both to applicants internal and external to the Civil Service on openly available websites to allow for all those interested in the role, including in the private sector, to apply. I announced that roles will be advertised on a broader range of openly available job boards with simplified job advertisements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 25/10/2023 15:53:57 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1649549

registered interest
date	03/07/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of graduates of the Fast Stream were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	192240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold data for Fast Stream participants who have graduated in the last five years in respect of free school meal eligibility.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 05/07/2023 16:54:09 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1648676

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream participants were allocated placements outside of London in the latest period for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	191703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>In the Spring 2023 rotation, 30.0% of Civil Service Fast Stream participants were allocated placements outside of London.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not hold data for Fast Stream participants who have graduated in the last five years in respect of; home location at application stage, school type, or parental education data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 191704 191705 191706 question first answered 03/07/2023 16:30:28 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1648678

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream participants that have graduated from the scheme in the last five years had a home location at application stage that was (a) outside of London and (b) outside of London and the South East.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	191704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>In the Spring 2023 rotation, 30.0% of Civil Service Fast Stream participants were allocated placements outside of London.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not hold data for Fast Stream participants who have graduated in the last five years in respect of; home location at application stage, school type, or parental education data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 191703 191705 191706 question first answered 03/07/2023 16:30:28 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1648679

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of Civil Service Fast Stream participants that have graduated from the scheme in the last five years attended (a) non-selective state schools, (b) selective state schools, (c) independent or fee-paying schools with a bursary and (d) independent or fee-paying school without a bursary.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	191705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>In the Spring 2023 rotation, 30.0% of Civil Service Fast Stream participants were allocated placements outside of London.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not hold data for Fast Stream participants who have graduated in the last five years in respect of; home location at application stage, school type, or parental education data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 191703 191704 191706 question first answered 03/07/2023 16:30:28 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1648680

registered interest
date	28/06/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of Civil Servants that graduated the Fast Stream in the last five years have (a) parents or (b) guardians with (i) degree-level qualifications, (ii) qualifications below degree level and (iii) no formal qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	191706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2023 answer text <p>In the Spring 2023 rotation, 30.0% of Civil Service Fast Stream participants were allocated placements outside of London.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We do not hold data for Fast Stream participants who have graduated in the last five years in respect of; home location at application stage, school type, or parental education data.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 191703 191704 191705 question first answered 03/07/2023 16:30:28 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1609126

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that civil service recruitment processes comply with provisions in the Equality Act 2010 on discrimination against people according to their (a) socio-economic status and (b) other protected characteristics.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	177752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office operates a policy requiring all employment opportunities to be made readily available to all.</p><p>The current selection process is designed to be fair and objectively identify the best candidates.</p><p>There are a number of safeguards built in to the process:</p><ul><li><p>Applications are anonymised until after the sift stage.</p></li><li><p>All sifters are expected to act in accordance with the Civil Service Code.</p></li><li><p>We would also expect an independent presence during any sift exercise. Each panel should include at least one member from outside of the line of business to provide an independent view.</p></li></ul><p>We are committed to providing services and developing policies which promote equality of opportunity and eliminate unlawful discrimination. We are an equal opportunities employer and will not unlawfully discriminate in any aspect of employment, including how employees are selected or how employees are treated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 21/04/2023 08:09:47 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1608019

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Civil Servants: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment the Government has made of the accessibility of Civil Service commercial function assessments for candidates with (a) dyslexia and (b) other learning difficulties.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	174253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>Achievement levels for civil servants with dyslexia is not held centrally.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Government Commercial Function (GCF) works with staff networks (for example, the GCF Disability and Neurodivergent Network) to ensure that individuals are treated fairly and empathetically. Where appropriate GCF seeks professional advice, such as occupational health assessments, and encourages the use of the Workplace Adjustment Passports.</p><p> </p><p>The Assessment Development Centre is designed to be as accessible as possible. Participants are encouraged to discuss any adjustments they might need at the assessment centre and adjustments are open for further discussion and amendment if needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Alex Burghart grouped question UIN 174252 question first answered 04/04/2023 15:15:37 answering member 4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden