Department for Business and Trade: Disciplinary Proceedings
(asked on 3rd December 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) the Department and (b) its agencies by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the primary allegation related to (A) performance and (B) conduct in the last twelve months.
The number of cases concluded against civil servants within the Department for Business and Trade in the previous year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 are as below.
Core DBT:
Performance
Timeframe | Total Number | No Action / Informal Action | Warning | Resignation | Dismissal |
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 | 35 | 21 | 8 | <5 | <5 |
Conduct
Timeframe | Total Number | No Action / Informal Action | Warning | Resignation | Dismissal |
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 | 20 | 13 | <5 | <5 | <5 |
Insolvency Service
Performance
Timeframe | Total Number | No Action / Informal Action | Warning | Resignation | Dismissal |
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 | 9 | 0 | <5 | 0 | 6 |
Conduct
Timeframe | Total Number | No Action / Informal Action | Warning | Resignation | Dismissal |
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 | 10 | <5 | <5 | 0 | <5 |
Companies House:
Performance
Timeframe | Total Number | No Action / Informal Action | Warning | Resignation | Dismissal |
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 | 6 | 0 | <5 | 0 | <5 |
Conduct
Timeframe | Total Number | No Action / Informal Action | Warning | Resignation | Dismissal |
1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025 | 5 | 0 | <5 | 0 | <2 |