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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Career Development

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled Answered 18 December 2025UIN 99843

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of staff were promoted (a) in-grade and (b) to a higher grade in the last year by (i) performance marking in the previous year and (ii) grade.

Answered by Ian Murray

This information is not held centrally. This data is difficult to present due to there being no definition of an “in-grade promotion” and limited data on staff who go on promotion to another department. Collation and presentation of this data could potentially require significant manual work and data linking across departments.

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