Question follow-through · 87383

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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 cases performance was rated as u

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
5 Nov 2025
Answer
10 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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 cases performance was rated as u

  2. 5 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The full range of requested information is not readily available in comprehensive form, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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