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Ministry of Defence: Termination of Employment

Asked by Mr Peter BedfordConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 17 June 2025UIN 58464

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many permanent civil servants in his Department had their contract of employment terminated as a result of poor performance in the (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25 financial years.

Answered by Al Carns

The information requested is outlined in the table below:

Financial Year Total

2022-23

25

2023-24

45

2024-25

51

Grand Total

121

Please note that the data in this table is from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2025 and that ‘dismissal performance’ was marked as the reason for dismissal.

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