Department of Transport: Career Development

(asked on 21st November 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.


Answered by
Simon Lightwood Portrait
Simon Lightwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 27th November 2025

Higher Grade promotions

Total Staff

Higher grade promotions

Proportion

AO/EO

529

5

1%

HEO/SEO/FS

1820

138

8%

G7/G6

1816

118

6%

SCS

267

21

8%

Totals

4432

282

6%

Payband Groups

Higher grade promotions

23/24 Year End Marking

AE/EO

5

Not Available/Reportable

HEO/SEO/FS

24

Achieving

HEO/SEO/FS

6

Developing

HEO/SEO/FS

57

Exceeding

HEO/SEO/FS

44

Not Available/Reportable

HEO/SEO/FS

7

Outstanding

G7/G6

33

Achieving

G7/G6

<5

Developing

G7/G6

45

Exceeding

G7/G6

32

Not Available/Reportable

G7/G6

7

Outstanding

SCS

9

Achieving

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