A survey of United Kingdom Public Servants is aimed at finding how Government officials have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The survey, conducted by the Cabinet Office, is asking a series of questions about how officials’ work has changed as a result of the crisis and the support they are receiving from their managers, as well as how they are feeling about the changes.
The short ‘pulse’ poll will inform how Public Service organisations continue to respond to the outbreak.
A spokesperson for the Cabinet Office said it would give Departments the chance to take positive action based on staff feedback.
The exercise will also be used to test the accessibility of the digital survey platform that will be used for the annual Civil Service People Survey later in the year.
The survey will ask a series of questions concerning Public Servants’ experience of working during the Coronavirus outbreak.
The majority of questions will be optional.
Workers will be asked to share which organisation they work for.
There will be questions on demographic data including ethnic group, gender identity, age group, health status and caregiver responsibilities; and professional details such as their grade, profession and location in the case of overseas staff.
The privacy notice accompanying the survey states that it is important to know if groups of staff with specific demographic characteristics had a better or worse experience.
“This is so that appropriate action can be taken to level this experience,” the notice says.
London, 14 May 2020
