Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Disciplinary Proceedings
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many disciplinary cases were concluded against civil servants in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies by (i) outcome and (ii) whether the primary allegation related to (A) performance and (B) conduct in the last twelve months.
Answered by Ian Murray
In the last 12 months, there have been 6 disciplinary cases that have concluded within DCMS. All related to an allegation of misconduct.
We cannot provide the outcome of closed disciplinary cases. Doing so would breach the Data Protection Act and risk identifying individual cases where the case count is five or less, as the information relates to someone other than the data subjects.
DCMS does not hold information regarding its agencies, including its arms-length and public bodies. This is because they are independent employers from the department.
Poor performance is addressed under a separate management procedure.
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