Peter Bedford MP: written questions
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Written questions
Civil Service: Conditions of EmploymentCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59957More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential financial impact of applying the Government commercial function terms and conditions of employment to the wider civil service.
Answer: No such assessment has been made. Decisions on terms and conditions of employment are made by the employing department, depending on their specific business requirements and nature of the role and as set out in the Civil Service Management Code.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndia: FraudHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59536More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent criminals in India from scamming UK citizens.
Answer: With over 70% of fraud estimated to have an overseas element, international collaboration is a vital part of the Government’s work to protect UK citizens from that threat.The UK is driving global action on tackling fraud, working with individual countries...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans establish a governance framework for (a) monitoring and (b) ensuring accountability in the delivery of the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: Governance mechanisms for monitoring and ensuring accountability for delivery will be established as part of the development of the National Cancer Plan, which will be published later this year.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Community CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce inequalities in cancer care and (b) improve outcomes for underserved communities through the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: Reducing inequalities in cancer diagnosis, care, and outcomes is a key priority for the National Cancer Plan. The plan will look at targeted improvements needed across different cancer types to reduce disparities in cancer survival, and will develop inter...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCancer: Community CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what role the voluntary and community sector will have in delivering the Neighbourhood Cancer Care model in the National Cancer Plan.
Answer: The National Cancer Plan will seek to foster improved collaboration with the voluntary and community sector. We are committed to moving towards a Neighbourhood Health Service, with more care delivered locally to create healthier communities, spot problems...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58824More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many permanent civil servants had contracts of employment terminated for poor performance in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.
Answer: Human Resources data for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has been available from September 2023. Since then, the Department dismissed 1 permanent employee in 2023-24 and 2 permanent employees in 2024-25.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: Termination of EmploymentNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58823More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many permanent civil servants had contracts of employment terminated for poor performance in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.
Answer: No permanent civil servants have had their contracts of employment terminated for poor performance in the time frame given.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBhim KohliAttorney GeneralTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58483More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether she has made representations to the Court of Appeal on the unduly lenient sentencing of those convicted of causing the death of Bhim Kohli.
Answer: The Law Officers have 28 days from the date of sentence to consider any requests received under the Unduly Lenient Sentence scheme for referral of a sentence to the Court of Appeal. I can confirm my department has received such referral requests in relati...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWales Office: Termination of EmploymentWales OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: No permanent Civil Servants in my Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the 2022-23, 2023-24, or 2024-25 financial years.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: Termination of EmploymentScotland OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58467More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: No permanent civil servants working in the Scotland Office had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: Termination of EmploymentMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many permanent civil servants in her Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: The Department’s HR system shows the total number of permanent Civil Servants leaving the Ministry of Justice recorded as ‘Dismissal – Unsatisfactory Work Performance’, as 18 in the financial year 2022-2023, 27 in year 2023-2024, and 31 in year 2024-2025.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Termination of EmploymentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many permanent civil servants in her Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 fi
Answer: The department has 5 or less performance-based dismissals or terminations for each financial year stated.
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: Termination of EmploymentMinistry of DefenceTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: The information requested is outlined in the table below: Financial Year Total2022-23252023-24452024-2551Grand Total 121 Please note that the data in this table is from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 and that ‘dismissal performance’ was marked as the rea...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Termination of EmploymentHome OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many permanent civil servants in her Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: In 2024-25, 24 Home Office employees were dismissed for poor performance.Prior to April 2024 dismissals for poor performance were included for data collection purposes in a broader category of efficiency dismissals, so figures for poor performance dismiss...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Termination of EmploymentTreasuryTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58462More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many permanent civil servants in her Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: When numbers are so small that individuals could be identified, identifying details are masked to protect their privacy. Data on dismissals for poor performance is held in anonymised form without details of whether employees are permanent or temporary. Di...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Termination of EmploymentForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-2
Answer: In financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24 fewer than five permanent Civil Servants were dismissed due to poor performance, and in 2024/25 there were five dismissals.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Termination of EmploymentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: During the period from the start of the 2022/23 financial year until the end of the 2024/25 financial year, the Department has dismissed five individuals for poor performance. We are unable to provide further information about specific years due to the lo...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: We have provided the information requested in the table below Financial YearCount of Permanent Civil Servants dismissed for Unsatisfactory Performance /Unsatisfactory Work Performance2022-23172023-24222024-2537
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many permanent civil servants in her Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: Based on the case records held on the Civil Service HR (CSHR) Casework “Casework Management Application” (CMA) database, the number of DfTc staff dismissed due to ‘Managing Poor Performance’ or for Poor Performance whilst on Probation are in the attached ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financia
Answer: We have, after careful consideration, withheld Defra, Animal and Plant Health Agency and Rural Payment Agency data for the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 financial years. This is because the numbers of employees are low, and the information constitutes personal ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years
Answer: Human Resources data for Energy Security and Net Zero has been available from September 2023. Since then, the Department dismissed 5 permanent employees in 2023-24 and 6 permanent employees in 2024-25 as a result of issues relating to poor performance.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many permanent civil servants in her Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: The department does not hold a central dataset of the reasons for a dismissal in respect of those years.
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many permanent civil servants in her Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: From 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2025 there were seven dismissals. Of this total there were less than five poor performance dismissals that occurred between April 2023- March 2024.We are unable to provide the precise number of poor performance dismissals ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Termination of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: As the start date of this request (6th April 2022) pre-dates the formation of DBT (7th February 2023), information in scope of this request would include data captured by DBT's predecessor, Department for International Trade (DIT).The number of permanent ...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Termination of EmploymentAttorney GeneralTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58452More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how many permanent civil servants had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answer: In the Attorney General’s Office, no permanent civil servants had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
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