Consultation outcome

Consultation on reform of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme 2017

• From: Cabinet Office
• Published: 25 September 2017
• Last updated: 14 April 2025 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The Cabinet Office has been in consultation on reforms to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (“CSCS”) since 2017.  The decision has been taken to end the current consultation. As a result, the scheme terms as set out in 2010 will remain unchanged for the foreseeable future.  There are no current plans to begin a new consultation or to reform the CSCS.

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Original consultation

Summary

The Government has launched a consultation proposing reforms to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS).

This consultation ran from
25 September 2017 to 11pm on 6 November 2017

Consultation description

The purpose of the consultation is to gather views from interested parties on the form and nature of the proposed amendments to the CSCS.

This consultation is targeted at Civil Servants and other individuals in scope of the CSCS, employee representatives (Trade Unions) and other interested parties.

This consultation has been ongoing since 2017. A period of public consultation ran from 25 September 2017 and closed for responses at 11pm on 6 November 2017. The responses from this consultation are continuing to be analysed. On 15th August 2022, the Government published a supplementary consultation document to provide commentary on the consultation to date and set out the Government’s proposals in the current economic context, building on the consultation document published in 2017. The Government continues to consult with representative Trade Unions on making reforms to the CSCS.

Documents

Consultation document

PDF, 150 KB, 21 pages

Supplementary Consultation Document

HTML

Supplementary Consultation Document

PDF, 248 KB, 21 pages

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Published 25 September 2017

Last updated 14 April 2025 + show all updates

1. 14 April 2025

   Added the final outcome

2. 15 August 2022

   Added Supplementary Consultation Document

3. 25 September 2017

   First published.