Question follow-through · 99843

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Career Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.

answeredDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport

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Answering body: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled: 15 Dec 2025
Target answer date: 17 Dec 2025
Answer: 18 Dec 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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18 Dec 2025
Answer published
This information is not held centrally. This data is difficult to present due to there being no definition of an “in-grade promotion” and limited data on staff who go on promotion to another department. Collation and presentation of this data could potent...

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