Government Departments: Staff

House of Lords written question – answered at on 20 November 2012.

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Photo of Lord Laird Lord Laird UUP

To ask Her Majesty's Government what surveys of staff employed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport are conducted; at what cost; at what time of year; and whether they will place in the Library of the House the results of each such survey held in each of the past five years.

Photo of Viscount Younger of Leckie Viscount Younger of Leckie Lords Spokesperson (Department for Culture, Media and Sport), Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport(DCMS) has participated in the Cabinet Office-run Civil Service People Survey annually since the survey's inception in 2009. The survey takes place in October and the cost, which is based on departmental headcount, is £5,900 per annum.

The Civil Service People Survey is a crucial way for DCMS to gather valuable feedback from its people, in order to remain a responsive organisation, constantly seeking to improve the way that it works. Furthermore, the people survey is the only standardised engagement assessment across the Civil Service, and therefore acts as an important way of measuring employee attitudes on a consistent range of issues, enabling central government to benchmark results across participating organisations.

DCMS also runs ad hoc surveys on specific issues, for example on its change programme, or forthcoming move to 100 Parliament Street. These surveys are run at no monetary cost, but results are not collated centrally. Therefore, we cannot answer the present question with the level of detail requested.

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