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Home Office: Disciplinary Proceedings

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 97197

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in the past twelve months, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies broken down by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the primary allegation related to (A) performance and (B) conduct.

Answered by Sarah Jones

Please find table below outlining disciplinary cases by performance and conduct.

Discipline Outcome

Headcount

Performance

Dismissal - Poor Performance

20

Dismissal - Probation

50

Conduct

Dismissals with leaving reason containing Gross Misconduct

132

Final Written Warning

8

First Written Warning

10

No Formal Action

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