Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97202

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Career Development

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 7 January 2026

Question

Neil O'Brien

ConservativeHarborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
With regards to a) the in-grade promotions: We are unclear how “in-grade promotion” should be defined in relation to the data we do hold. Information on b) promotions to a higher grade is not held centrally. In particular, the information held centrally o...

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