Question follow-through · 99238

Department for Work and Pensions: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of 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 for Work and Pensions
Tabled
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
No published answer in this record

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of 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.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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