Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 97203

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Performance Appraisal

Tabled: 4 December 2025

Answered: 6 January 2026

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of staff in each grade were rated in the top performance category in the last year.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

In core Defra, high performance substantive senior civil servants are those with an end-year performance rating of “Exceeded”. The headcount and proportion of each grade for those employed during the period November 2024 – October 2025 were: Grade*Number ...

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