To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library copies of her departmental employee surveys for (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007. (141982)

The results of the Department’s 2005 staff survey can be found at:

www.civilservice.gov.uk/management/statistics/news/staff_survey/index.asp

The 2006 survey report will be posted to this website shortly, and the 2007 report will also be posted when it is published in the summer.

The Department sees staff surveys as a valuable means of helping to increase performance by identifying both what is working well and areas for improvement. It has used them successfully alongside other indicators of performance and sources of feedback to increase employee engagement and identify priority areas for action.