Government Skills
Last updated: 9 January, 2009
The Skills Survey 2009 is taking place from March to June this year. The 25 government departments and devolved administrations (including some portfolio agencies) will run the survey in agreed two-week survey windows during this period.
For departments, this is a great opportunity to collect really useful information about skills development among their staff. They will then be able to use this extra source of data to influence and improve their skills policies.
The data generated through the survey will also provide a robust Civil Service-wide picture of the success of work under the Skills Strategy 2008, including progress on the Skills Pledge. Government Skills will use this data to report back to the Permanent Secretaries Management Group.
Questions around skills development will highlight the impact of the Professional Skills for Government competency framework and indicate the relative importance of the different competencies.
It will also provide some evidence around the new approach to the professions, particularly the extent to which staff feel part of a profession and are aware of the professional skills standards set by their profession.
How the survey works
The survey will take staff only 10 to 15 minutes to complete. We are working on effective communications with departments, professions, trade unions and others to achieve the highest response rates possible.
Government Skills is paying for the survey and each department will receive a dataset for their department, along with a Civil Service-wide report. More detailed data is also available on a user-pays basis.
Government Skills encourages departments to push staff participation as much as possible. By driving up response rates, we will collect data of greater value to each department.