Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7591, on civil servants: recruitment, which Government Departments are included in the pilots; when those pilots are expected to be completed; and whether the outcomes of those pilots will be published.

The Civil Service Workforce Plan 2016-2020 includes an action to pilot alternative to
competency-based recruitment and promotion in the Civil Service. A number of
departments are involved in piloting alternative approaches. These are: Department for
Work and Pensions; HM Revenue and Customs; Office for National Statistics; Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and Department for Transport. In addition,
alternatives to competency-based recruitment are being trialled in some Senior Leader
recruitment, some apprenticeships, the Civil Service Fast Stream and Fast Track schemes
and some talent schemes. These pilots are ongoing, and will be evaluated and, where
appropriate, rolled out across the Civil Service. The outcomes will not be published.