Question follow-through · 123950
Ministry of Defence: Performance Appraisal
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many departmental employees were on performance management plans in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 16 Apr 2026 · 22 calendar days after tabling
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- Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants · 26 Mar 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many departmental employees were on performance management plans in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is committed to thorough performance management and has in place robust processes to ensure that those who fall below the expected standards are supported to improve in a timely manner.Those who cannot improve their performan...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants
26 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in their Department were found to have broken the Civil Service Code in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.