Question follow-through · 124320

Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in their Department were found to have broken the Civil Service Code in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
20 Apr 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in their Department were found to have broken the Civil Service Code in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The following table shows recorded disciplinary cases which were upheld and included breaches of the Civil Service Code, for 2024 and 2025: Year of outcomeNumber of these cases where the allegation included “Breaches of the Civil Service Code”2024<5202...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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