Civil Servants: Recruitment

(asked on 30th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the outcome of the EU referendum on future levels of recruitment of civil servants.


Answered by
Matt Hancock Portrait
Matt Hancock
This question was answered on 11th July 2016

It is too early following the EU referendum to make a detailed assessment of its impact on the future recruitment levels of Civil Servants.

Earlier this year, departments published their Single Departmental Plans (SDPs), setting out the key programmes of work required to deliver the Government’s Manifesto commitments. Departments have been developing plans to ensure they have the workforce required to deliver their SDPs, and this has not changed following the referendum.

Inevitably, leaving the EU will impact on the shape, size, skills and type of workforce we need but it is important that we understand our future workforce requirements and plan for these in a considered, coordinated and consistent manner across the Civil Service. The Cabinet Office is playing, and will continue to, play, a key role in facilitating this across the Civil Service.

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