Question follow-through · 98533
Department of Health and Social Care: Career Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of departmental staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year broken down by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of departmental staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year broken down by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
As of 28 November 2025, the Department had 112 employees, or 3%, on a temporary promotion to a higher grade from their substantive grade. The following table shows the percentage of employees on temporary promotion, broken down by grade: GradePercentage o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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