Departmental Compliance

In 2017-18, we implemented a new approach to compliance. We have continued to build on this approach over the past years. The Commission Secretariat inspected documentation in person at compliance visits in 2019-20 until the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions meant that this was not possible for our final visits and these were undertaken electronically. Having undertaken electronic audits in previous years meant we understood the different dynamics associated with this approach and so were able to ensure consistency across all our audits, however conducted. Further details on this and on this year's approach to compliance can be found in our Annual Report and Accounts 2019-2020 (PDF, 74 pages, 2.3MB).

   
At the end of the year, we assess organisations as either Good, Fair, or Poor, and give each organisation a forward trajectory. The table below sets out the risk ratings given to all the Civil Service departments and agencies for 2019-20, together with breaches identified for those organisations. 

We also publish an FAQs document (PDF, 10 pages, 149KB) for departments, which provides guidance on various recruitment issues we have identified throughout the year.