Question follow-through · 82374
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Disciplinary Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Dec 2025 · 61 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many officials were investigated under their Department's disciplinary processes in each of the last five years.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Dec 2025
Answer published
Defra’s casework data is held for three years from the date of case closure. Over the last three years, 139 officials were investigated under Defra’s disciplinary process. The 139 cases are broken down into the following: 2022 = 7 disciplinary cases were ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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