Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported comment of its former Permanent Secretary, Leslie Evans, at a recent Institute for Government conference, that, in the civil service, the "middle management is often quite weak".
We regularly monitor the performance of the organisation, including our managers, and have a comprehensive offer, in line with our Leadership Development Strategy, to develop the capabilities of managers at all levels to deliver ministerial priorities.