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How to appeal to the Civil Service Appeal Board

How civil servants and ex-civil servants can appeal to the Civil Service Appeal Board against certain employment-related decisions.

Updates to this page

From:
Cabinet Office and Department for Work and Pensions
Published:
1 January 2013
Last updated:
7 August 2024
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  1. Updated guidance on how to appeal to the Civil Service Appeal Board. The changes are to when and how hearings are held and how to contact the board. Updated the list of Appeal Board panel members.

  2. Updated the list of Civil Service Appeal Board panel members to include Ms M Frost to the Joint Chairs.  Updated Management to include Ms J Irvine, Ms J Dyson and Ms D McMahon. NIA form has been updated for 2023. Section 5 of the 'How to Appeal to the Civil Service Board' document has been reworded to reflect how the Civil Service Appeal Boards are held.

  3. Under 4.1 of How to appeal... "The board needs to know the reasons for withholding or reducing compensation." Changed to "The Board needs to know the reasons for withholding compensation, or the rationale applied when setting compensation at any specific level."

  4. Updated email address for the Civil Service Appeal Board to ccas.civilserviceappealboard@dwp.gov.uk.

  5. Updated the list of Civil Service Appeal Board panel members to replace Mr C Cochrane with Mr I P Curtis as joint chair.

  6. Revision made to 'How to Appeal to the Civil Service Board', section 5.

  7. Revisions made to 'How to Appeal to the Civil Service Board', sections 2, 5, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 8 and 9 and 'Civil Service Appeal Board panel members'.

  8. Added email address to the notification of intention to appeal to the CSAB form.

  9. First published.

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How to appeal to the Civil Service Appeal Board

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Notification of intention to appeal to the CSAB

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Civil Service Appeal Board panel members

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Details

The Civil Service Appeal Board (CSAB) hears appeals from civil servants and ex‑civil servants against:

  • non-payment of compensation or the amount of compensation paid on dismissal from the Civil Service on inefficiency grounds for unsatisfactory attendance or poor performance
  • forfeiture of superannuation decisions (made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office)
  • refusal of permission to participate in political activities

Dismissal

If you think you’ve been dismissed unfairly you can take your case to an employment tribunal.

In compensation cases, the board can’t consider the dismissal element.

About the board

The Civil Service Appeal Board (CSAB) is an independent body. Its members are selected fairly by open competition.

The CSAB Secretariat supports the board and is staffed by the Department for Work and Pensions.

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