Neil O'Brien MP: written questions
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in her Department (a) did not retain employment following the completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period extended in each of the last
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and to obtain it would incur disproportionate costs. Defra’s probation policy and guidance advises managers on the steps to take to assess a new employee’s suitability for the post and to provide support to ...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Performance AppraisalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many such cases performance was rated as unsati
Answer: The following table summarises the information held on the total number of performance ratings where these were available, and the number of cases where a rating was unsatisfactory or below. Please note that the policy for performance management has chang...
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Employment Tribunals ServiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against his Department for (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010 in each of the last five years.
Answer: Year ReceivedUnfair Dismissal OnlyEquality Act OnlyUD AND EATotal20226762010220237771599202411911511720258681995Total3231269413 Notes: data for 2020 and 2021 is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: DisabilityDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by grade.
Answer: DWP does not require staff to declare whether they have a disability. When a disability is declared, they are not required to give details. Any details that are given are in a free text box where multiple conditions could be shared. Therefore, the data is...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff left his Department in each of the last five years by grade.
Answer: Information on the number of civil servants leaving each government department and organisation by responsibility level for the years 2021 to 2025 is published annually through the ‘Civil Service data browser’ as part of Civil Service Statistics 2025, an ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department (a) did not retain employment following the completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period extended in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and due to the additional activity that would be required to provide it, would incur disproportionate cost.
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Performance AppraisalDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many such cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below;
Answer: DWPs performance management policy utilises a team-based approach. The policy requires the performance of every employee to be robustly assessed on an ongoing basis. However, the approach, and these reviews do not involve employees below the Senior Civil ...
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and SportDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against her Department in each of the last five years by (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: In the past 5 years 7 employment tribunals have been lodged against our department. 5 of these claims were under the Equality Act.We cannot provide the number of claims broken down by year or those that were related to unfair dismissal or claims under the...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: DisabilityDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in her Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability by grade.
Answer: DCMS asks all employees to declare whether they have a disability, but does not differentiate between mental health and physical disabilities.Information on the number of people declaring a disability by each government department is published annually as...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff left her Department in each of the last five years, broken down by grade.
Answer: Information on the number of civil servants leaving each government department and organisation by responsibility level for the years 2021 to 2025 is published annually through the ‘Civil Service data browser’ as part of Civil Service Statistics 2025, an ...
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many staff in her Department (a) did not retain employment following completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period extended in each of the last five years.
Answer: In the last five years 43 members of staff were subject to management procedures during their probationary period. Of these cases 13 employees did not retain their employment and 6 employees were subject to an extension of their probationary period.We can...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Performance AppraisalDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or belo
Answer: All DCMS staff are subject to regular performance reviews. Under performance management procedures, reviews should take place monthly, quarterly and at the end of each financial year. We hold data for managing poor performance cases these are provided bel...
Answered 13 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Employment Tribunals ServiceDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against her Department in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The table below outlines the number of employment tribunal claims lodged against the central Department for Transport (DfTc) in each of the last five years. As requested, this information is broken down by unfair dismissal claims and claims under the Equa...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in her Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability, broken down by grade.
Answer: Following a thorough search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by this Department. This is because it is not a requirement of the department to hold reasons for disability. The Department...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff left her Department in each of the last five years, broken down by grade.
Answer: The table below presents the headcount of permanent civil servants who have left from the central Department for Transport over the past 5 years, categorised by grade. To ensure the inclusion of the most recent data, the data is provided on a rolling year...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86290More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in her Department (a) did not retain employment following completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period extended in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department for Transport’s probation policy and guidance advises managers on the steps to take to assess a new employee’s suitability for the post and to provide support to enable them to succeed. It also advises on the steps to take where performance...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Performance AppraisalDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86289More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; how many sta
Answer: We have provided a response based on the number of submitted reviews over the entirety of a complete performance year (April 1 to March 31), for performance years 2024/25, 2023/24, 2022/23, 2021/22, 2020/21. This has been split, where possible, between De...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Employment Tribunals ServiceHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many employment tribunal claims have been lodged against her Department in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) unfair dismissal and (b) claims under the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The Home Office has 205 Employment Tribunal claims in the last 5 years (01/10/2021 to 30/09/2025), however, to determine those which relate to unfair dismissals and/or the Equality Act 2010 can only be obtained via disproportionate cost.Employment Tribuna...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Disability and Mental IllnessHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in her Department are recorded as having a (a) mental health condition and (b) physical disability, broken down by grade.
Answer: While the self-declaration field for disability and absence data will indicate a mental health condition or a physical disability, this will not confirm the presence of either and therefore this information is not held.However, the number of staff who hav...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Termination of EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff left her Department in each of the last five years, broken down by grade.
Answer: Information on the number of civil servants leaving each government department and organisation by responsibility level for the years 2021 to 2025 is published annually through the ‘Civil Service data browser’ as part of Civil Service Statistics 2025, an ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: LanguagesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many officials in her Department hold language qualifications in (a) Mandarin, (b) Cantonese, (c) Russian, (d) Ukrainian, (e) Arabic, (f) Farsi, and (g) Hebrew, broken do
Answer: The language proficiency of Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) staff cannot adequately be assessed solely by looking at the number with current C1 and C2 qualifications, as this does not take into account those staff members who may hol...
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficersMinistry of DefenceTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving (a) General Officers in the British Army, (b) Admirals and Flag Officers in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, (c) Air Officers of Air Rank in the Royal Air Force, (d) Commanding Officers of commi
Answer: Parts a,b and c of the hon. Member's question are answered in the table below. Number of UK Regular Forces, OF-6 to OF-10 by Service as at 1 July 2025 Service Number Royal Navy/ Royal Marines135 Army211 Royal Air Force126 The Mini...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPersonal Independence Payment: Medical ExaminationsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Personal Independence Payments had their award assessed through (a) a telephone consultation, (b) an in person assessment, (c) a paper based assessment an
Answer: Management information on the number and proportion of Personal Independence Payments assessments by channel is published in Table 2.32 of the Pathways to Work: Evidence pack: Chapter 2 reforming the structure - GOV.UK. Telephone and video channels have o...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Conditions of EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff in his Department (a) did not retain employment following completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period extended in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Home Office’s probation policy and guidance advises managers on the steps to take to assess a new employee’s suitability for the post and to provide support to enable them to succeed. It also advises on the steps to take where performance, attendance ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Performance AppraisalHome OfficeTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many performance reviews were undertaken for staff in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies in each of the last five years; in how many cases performance was rated as unsatisfactory or below; ho
Answer: This information can only be obtained via disproportionate cost.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
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