Question follow-through · 99844

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Performance Appraisal

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

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: 8 Jan 2026 · 24 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 in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.
17 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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8 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport operates a continual performance management approach throughout the year, which includes data on those not meeting performance expectations through the Managing Poor Performance process. There is no common defin...

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