The Cabinet Office acknowledged that departments did not collect consistent and comparable data on how long it takes to recruit and vet candidates.16 The Cabinet Office told us it is working to improve the understanding of recruitment times across the civil 8 Cabinet Office, Civil Service statistics: 2019, 24 July 2019; Cabinet Office, Civil Service statistics: 2023, 2 August 2023 9 Qq10, 15 10 Qq29, 31 11 Q97 12 C&AG’s Report, para 2.4 13 Q10 14 Q12; C&AG’s Report, paras 10–11 15 Q12 16 Q13;...

The Cabinet Office acknowledged that departments did not collect consistent and comparable data on how long it takes to recruit and vet candidates.16 The Cabinet Office told us it is working to improve the understanding of recruitment times across the civil 8 Cabinet Office, Civil Service statistics: 2019, 24 July 2019; Cabinet Office, Civil Service statistics: 2023, 2 August 2023 9 Qq10, 15 10 Qq29, 31 11 Q97 12 C&AG’s Report, para 2.4 13 Q10 14 Q12; C&AG’s Report, paras 10–11 15 Q12 16 Q13; C&AG’s Report, paras 2.4, 2.8 10 Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management service, including by setting common metrics for t Type: conclusion | Number: 9 | Response status: accepted Government response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Recommendation implemented 2.2 Consistent and comparable Civil Service recruitment measures have been implemented across the Whitehall 17 departments. These metrics are time to hire, time to fill, diversity