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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Career Development

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 16 December 2025UIN 97900

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, 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.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Department or Energy Security and Net Zero does not promote in-grade.

Performance markings are not held centrally.

Table 1 Grade (No. and %) between April 2024 and March 2025



Grade

No. Promoted

% of those still in dept who were promoted

AO

0.0%

EO

31

17%

HEO

134

24%

FASTSTREAM

<=30

<=30

SEO

105

9%

G7

53

3 %

G6

<=30

<=30

SCS 1

<=30

<=30

Total

347

8%

Numbers of 30 or fewer employees have been redacted.

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