Shortlist 2025
Congratulations to our shortlist!
This year we received more than 2,517 nominations across our award categories. After a rigorous judging process, the fantastic individuals and project teams listed below have been selected as the official shortlist for the Civil Service Awards 2025. Congratulations!
Do you want to learn more about some of the best practices taking place across the Civil Service and how this is helping us to transform public sector delivery?
For the first time ever, we are bringing the stories from the Civil Service Awards finalists to life with a series of masterclasses, case studies, and presentations to reveal the secrets to what made these finalists stand out from the crowd! View all webinars here and register to secure your place!
Air India 171 crash response
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Department for Transport
BOLD Programme – North Essex Probation Delivery Unit Case Information Dashboard
Ministry of Justice
National Transfer Team
Home Office
DWP Government Security Academy
Department for Work and Pensions
Employee Experience Team
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Neil Osliffe
Department for Work and Pensions
Home Office AI Research and Development Government Programme
Home Office
One Public Estate
Cabinet Office
Splink Team
Ministry of Justice
AI Analysis Team
Home Office
NCA Strategic Communications and Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Partnerships and Education teams
National Crime Agency
US Tariff Analysis
HM Treasury and Department for Business and Trade
Administration Data Research (ADR) Wales
Welsh Government
Air India 171 crash response
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and Department for Transport
Supervised Toothbrushing
Department of Health and Social Care
AI Diagnostic Fund Programme
Department of Health and Social Care
School Food Unit
Department for Education
ScotAccount
Scottish Government
HMRC Borders & Trade CHIEF Decommissioning Team
HM Revenue & Customs
MOJ/HMPPS – New Prisons Team
Ministry of Justice, HM Prison and Probation Service
One Public Estate
Cabinet Office
Emma Day
Home Office
Jon O’Donnell
Department for Work and Pensions
Tracie Jackson
Home Office
Faeeza Jabeen
Department for Work and Pensions
Lewis Crump
Welsh Government
Richard Baker
Home Office
Lewis Attenborough
Department for Work and Pensions
Nicola Hughes
HM Courts & Tribunals Service
Shahida Mamanji
Home Office
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People’s Choice Award
In honour of the 20th anniversary of the Civil Service Awards, we launched a brand-new category. For the first time ever, you got to decide a winner of your own – Thank you to all those who voted for their favourite finalist, to take home the coveted People’s Choice Award trophy!
Voting has now closed and the winner will be announced on 9 December at the Awards ceremony – so keep your eyes peeled on your local channels to discover who will be the People’s Choice!