Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 86713

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Conditions of Employment

Tabled: 30 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025

Question

Neil O'Brien

ConservativeHarborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff in his Department (a) did not retain employment following the completion of their probationary period and (b) had their probationary period extended in each of the last five ye

Answer

Michael Shanks
(a)There is no evidence in the data held in the DESNZ HR Oracle system of any employee being dismissed during their probationary period.(b) Probation extensions are not centrally recorded in the Oracle HR System.