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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
6 Jan 2026 · 33 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 6 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    In core Defra, high performance substantive senior civil servants are those with an end-year performance rating of “Exceeded”. The headcount and proportion of each grade for those employed during the period November 2024 – October 2025 were: Grade*Number ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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