Guidance: How to appeal to the Civil Service Appeal Board

Cabinet Office

August 7

06:51 2024

The Civil Service Appeal Board (CSAB) hears appeals from civil servants and ex?civil servants against:

non-payment of compensation or the amount of compensation paid on dismissal from the Civil Service on inefficiency grounds for unsatisfactory attendance or poor performance
forfeiture of superannuation decisions (made by the Minister for the Cabinet Office)
refusal of permission to participate in political activities

If you think youve been dismissed unfairly you can take your case to an employment tribunal.

In compensation cases, the board cant consider the dismissal element.

The Civil Service Appeal Board (CSAB) is an independent body. Its members are selected fairly by open competition.

The CSAB Secretariat supports the board and is staffed by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Published 1 January 2013
Last updated 7 August 2024 +show all updates

7 August 2024
Updated guidance on how to appeal to the Civil Service Appeal Board. The changes are to when and how hearings are held and how to contact the board. Updated the list of Appeal Board panel members.
15 June 2023
Updated the list of Civil Service Appeal Board panel members to include Ms M Frost to the Joint Chairs. Updated Management to include Ms J Irvine, Ms J Dyson and Ms D McMahon.NIA form has been updated for 2023.Section 5of the 'How to Appeal to the Civil Service Board' document has been reworded to reflect how the Civil Service Appeal Boards are held.
9 March 2023
Under 4.1 of How to appeal..."The board needs to know the reasons for withholding or reducing compensation."Changed to "The Board needs to know the reasons for withholding compensation, or the rationale applied when setting compensation at any specific level."
17 September 2021
Updated email address for the Civil Service Appeal Board to ccas.civilserviceappealboard@dwp.gov.uk.
28 September 2020
Updated the list of Civil Service Appeal Board panel members to replace Mr C Cochrane with Mr I P Curtis as joint chair.
8 March 2019
Revision made to 'How to Appeal to the Civil Service Board', section 5.
8 March 2019
Revisions made to 'How to Appeal to the Civil Service Board', sections 2, 5, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 8 and 9 and 'Civil Service Appeal Board panel members'.
22 February 2019
Added email address to the notification of intention to appeal to the CSAB form.
1 January 2013
First published.