Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 98540

Department for Work and Pensions: Performance Appraisal

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 6 January 2026

Question

Neil O'Brien

ConservativeHarborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of departmental staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

Answer

Andrew Western
DWP’s performance management policy utilises a team-based approach. The policy requires the performance of every employee to be robustly assessed on an ongoing basis. However, the approach does not involve employees below the Senior Civil Service being as...

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