Public Administration Committee - Seventh Report
Outsiders and Insiders: External Appointments to the Senior Civil Service

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 21 January 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

2  External recruitment to the SCS

Level and sources of external recruitment

Civil service staffing in a tighter fiscal environment

3  Effects of external recruitment

Pay

Performance and retention

Performance

Retention

Organisational fit

Adjusting to a political environment

Effects on civil service values

4  Managing levels of external recruitment

A cap on external recruitment to the SCS?

External recruitment below SCS level

"Growing" civil service talent

Planning for future civil service skills needs

5  Implications for the recruitment process

Open competitions for senior recruitment

Ministerial involvement in senior recruitment

Strengthening the centre

6  Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence

Thursday 5 March 2009

Thursday 12 May 2009

Written Evidence

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Prepared 2 February 2010