Department for Education: Disciplinary Proceedings
(asked on 3rd December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in the past twelve months, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies broken down by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the primary allegation related to (A) performance and (B) conduct.
Answered by
Olivia Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
The requested information is available in the table below:
Disciplinary Cases Concluded | ||
Totals | Department of Education | Agencies |
32 | <5 | |
Outcomes | ||
Alternative role | <5 | <5 |
Dismissal | <5 | <5 |
Final Written | <5 | <5 |
Final Written - 24 months | <5 | <5 |
First Written | <5 | <5 |
Informal | 8 | <5 |
No Action | 5 | <5 |
No Outcome Provided | 5 | <5 |
Allegations | ||
Performance | * | * |
Conduct | 29 | <5 |
Other | <5 | <5 |
*Footnote – cases relating to performance are managed separately through the department’s performance management policy and are excluded from the above table