Make the Senior Civil Servant in any Ministry that fails in its duty responsible

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Ministers are required to resign if their Ministries have performed badly or incorrectly. The people responsible for these mistakes are the Civil Servants running the departments. In the event of Ministries failing in their remit, the Senior Civil Servant of that department should be sacked.

Civil servants are not being held responsible for their actions. Ministers can be "Kept out of the Loop" with impunity because civil servants are untouchable. Civil servants should be liable for dismissal and reduction of pensions for gross misconduct. The private sector will always find who is responsible and take action against them. Civil Servants in their sinecures should be held to account.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. Civil servants can already be dismissed for gross misconduct.

You can find out more about the Civil Service Code here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

2 May 2018	Petition opened for signatures
8 May 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 May 2018

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